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VOLUME- XXIII.
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LA (iUANUK, 01tK(iONT, Sj-U:V MOWXlX(.,.CK,TORKU '-(!. 1i10.
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NILMIiKli 20.
A Few Observations In
. The Middle
States
Ity Uruco Dennis.
ARTICLE ONE.
To go back to where one was bora
and raised is quite a privilege. There
are those who crossed the Rooky
mountains and the time limitation has
not washed and cleansed them so they
are welcome back in the state of their
nativity.
Fortunately the time limitation has
run on the writer and he can RO back
and does go occasionally, but not
often. Why not more often is a ques
tion I have been asking myself. It is
only a three-days' trip. William Bol
lons and Jim Corbett and Joe Kccney
all tell you to take No. 4 at 4:50 in
the morning if you nre going to Kan
sas City, for it is the Kansas City
train.
Probably it is, but it was a bum train
a few weeks ago, and its twin coming
west from Kansas City to La Grande
was a lot worse. So loyal have we be
come to Oregon that we do not believe
that w,li jinp.ie ut least.
It seen.t that everyone travels now.
This prwjjerity has not in ulo fi.-h of
one and fowl of another entirely, for
they are on the trains from the
southern lady with all her customs of
the southland to the logger from the
pine camp, who can't get used to hav
ing pant sany logger than the average
stylish skirt which .'ndies wear.
This 'pet" Kansas City tvein was
pulling out of Gooding yes, Gooding,
that's the town where the cjIVjjc is
located and the owner of th;: tewn
tried to be governor of Idaho, or wits
governor once well, it was. at Good
ing when a lady with a southern ac
cent began to converse with nnotlie
ing itself, and the open-countenanced ropean situation, and as we all trav
eled together and talked more and
more, the same spirit ttnd same divi
sion of the eastern Oregon returned
soldiers was reflected keep out of
Europe.
But, regardless of what the soldiers
may think or tho civilian may think
or want, the league of nations will be
put over with very little change. That
is in the garfio and it will be done.
Hiram Johnson, who, by the way, has
a lot of support In the middle states,
will not achieve what he started out to,
for the league will be put through.
Very likely it will not stick. It will
I western woman smiled and discussed
the possibility of putting iiter on
land around American Falls.
Pullman car smoking-room discus
I sion brings out many things of inter-
est. One mat) was on his way to set
up a potato digger anil he had his
heart centered in the working of that
machine; another was .on the sad mis
sion of attending his fathers funeral;
another had been on a visit to the
coast ami was getting back home,
planning on the big stories he woulc
tell his neighbors about things he had
seen in this country. There always it I be like a much-advertised marriage
only to be tollowea oy a divorce later
but nevertheless tho league will be
made go thiough, for the present at
least we will belong to the same layout
that the European countries belong to.
Whether we will stick for three
months, six months, or a year is an
after consideration, but America is to
be u member of the league.
some fellow who starts it. Things
were running well,, when in came a bie
fellow with a black cigar and a deep
voice, saying, "Well, how do we all
stand on the li'ague of nations?" Then
came the fireworks. There was a mar
from the state of Maine who actually
thinks anything but a Republican
should not be allowed to live on this
earth. Beside him sat a Texan wht
had never hiaid of a decent persor
voting anything but the Democratic
there is any right good railroading tinns to hrinc them to the Chester-
done after we leave the Short Line, and' fields of the south where men knew
it is a little better on the O.-W. than how to treat ladies," and quite an in-
laoy across tne aisle wno snoweu sums licket wilh this kimi of a jury un,i
of having lived in the open air ami witm,sscs t0 tcatifyi thc k.ntuc of na
was probably the mother of a laej tions wcnt on the grill for trial. Long
family. Tne southern lady questioned , on(, dr(lwn.nut was the (t,bllte nmi
the wo3rn men, sayini they wcr;- , .i, lhr, ,.,,. :;,, ,w he
t-t i..i...j .. i... r ..i;r..... !
it is on the Short Line.
The farther east you get the more
there is a don't-care spirit prevailing
among railroad people. And besides,
on the middle west roads the general
had to have a little shep was the
event closed. But it was closed be
cause Green River was the end of thi
journey for one of these debaters, sc
the circuit was broken when he lef!
the train.
About the only thing that vim
talked for some time was governmen-.
voice of thnt kind of stuff. A little
1 interests, and then :he rattle of an
empty brain, such as that woman pos
sessed makes the noise of a ruck
crusher sound like music. But the
run ui men vucioiink iimno i western wumuii was iin inv-ic iui-i iivi i , , , - . .
h,!r .nrf .. much older men than I fcool wnrbinir -nH f .er she had v.ood operation of the railroads, the crowded
trainmen of the west. This is notice- j the stream from the turbine wheel condition of the Pul man, causing ,1
able to one who rode with many of Loutn 0f Mason and Dixon's line . f? bless the man who was hand
those middle states railroad boys years I(W h8 she cared to, the conversation! ht " 1V h ,, '
ago, and now to return and see the Ltoenly took a little twist and M.. ! the wo,',d "'f ,f hl5, a'""1"
frost of age settling over them-tothc southern lady reaped it. she h..." , u" . t!'c 1
not. how many have been given clear- admiUed to her neighbor that she h.l wo"1,(l f ""f tten '.l ut-. U'lfl
, J t- . , , j r..ii i..:! yet to ut di-Unnined, for often tht
ance papers lor ineir mmi i uu n grown very ionu oi a i ui w.uiu
sec how surely time takes her toll . while he was in the service and local
whether one in preacher, merchant,) ed in a southern ramp; that her mito
mtirrtA man nr Imnkpr ' I mnritln hnA tinon flt his HUnOSal flllfl h
Thocn woro nhprvat..nnit nmrk'ine a' hn vnrv wHcome truest at iiei 1 At Cheyenne two carloads of sol
recent trip to the middle states and 'home. Then the demobilization cairc
they were verified by a prolonged stay i an(j the boy came back to the const
which took me over the railroads of; she decided to come out and see him.
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. j but to her horror when she Rot to
Upon leaving La Grande on a cool Portland she found the boy had
mornimriat 4:50 o'clock with no assur- mother and a sweetheart nnd he told
ance of sleeping car accommodations ; her to put on the soft pedal, for
Measure of G re it n ess.
Croat men. great events, great
ppoclis, It has been said, grow as we
ree-ede from them; una the rate nt
which they grow In the estimation of
men Is in some sort n measure of their
greatness. Principal Shnlrp.
. To Tell Age of Fish.
Year rins on the scales of flsh nre
used in Norway and France to deter
mine the ace of sardines, whether they
have reached their full growth aud
when they will spawn.
Observer advertlaU; pays.
FOR SALE
One five-room house, with bath,
modern, with full basement, well-
people have a chance to do things and lighted and ventilated, ?Mu"; one livo-.
room dwelling with toilet and sink,
i succeed in mussing things up pretty
I badly.
Medicine From, Horns. ,,
In China a largo trade xlsts In fleer,
reindeer and wild sheep hnniH for
use In 'medMnes, and Hongkong, as
the chief ceuter of trade In Chhiese
medicines In south China, Imports l
coslderable quantity of such goods
annually.
.temp Cross RollcallI
tlx Bookworm
peared.
A bright and breezy book Is Ian
Hay's 'The at Million; How They
Invaded France and England."
Nicolay's "Our Nationn in the Build
ing" and Farrand's '"Developmejit of
the United1 Stitfcs" nre tow unusually
interesting and readable histories.
Each gives a summary of our his
tory without the mtass of deUils wo
are supposed to know. We Americana
are too prone to be satisfied with th
history we studied in the eighth grade.
Why not Americanize ourselves by
reading one good book on American
history this year?
",More books in tlu: home" is the
sjognn f tho Children's Book Week
which will be obesrved widely through
out the United States Noverber 10,
to 15. 1U11). Children ro insatiablo
renders. One good book in your home
is worth two ut tho neighbors. But
select the right book's for you children
or they rrfay select the wrong one for
themselves. This campaign comes at
an opportune time for selection of
your Christmas book buying. Tho
Public Library has many attractive
lists nnd will gladly furnish you ex
pert advice in regard to books for
boys and girls.
Among tho new books recently re
ceived at the Public Library iB "Ore
gon the Picturesque," by Murphy. A
beautifully illustrated "Book of Rumlv
les in thc Oregon Country and in tha
Wilds of Northern California."
"What every Woman Knows" by
Barne. is a delightfully whimsical 1 Butter Wrapper! printed at th
play in which Maude Adams has ap- Observer office.
Linen From Nettle Fibre.
A company bus been formed In Ion
mark for the manufacture ot linen
from the fibre of nettles. At n recent
exhibition every one was struck by
tho whiteness and suppleness of tho
table cloths and napkins made of this
nettle fibre.
OH YOU
SPUDS !
Phone BIkck l()4l for spuds,
raised on dv hi net non-irrigated.
Next cao!uyn Wednesday.
Allowance niaue for own deliv
ery at car.
DEPENDABLE COAL
KEMMERER, ROCK SPRINGS
Wyoming Coal.
j'llT UTAH COALS.
fir. Main 732.
diers who were with Pershing on the
big hurrah march in New York and
Washington, caught up with us. They
were Coloisido and Utah boys am'
were just out of the service.
And say, they were outspoken offi;
cers and men. They were all opposed
to the league of nations, to the presi
whaUver. one trusts to luck to quite an -would ruin his standing at home if it .!
extent. TSurely no one has had enough became known that a married 'woman , dent, to the secretary of war, nnd
sleep that early in the morning and the; had journeyed from a southern city to about everything else. The Y. M. C. A.
thing to do is to curl up and forget the 5ee him. And that was what was wor ( got it squarely in the eye, and the slo
world before Dr. Phy's railroad station j rying this poor', empty-headed crea- gan of the whole crowd was ' keep
has been reached to the east. Sweet j ture. She thought the western mei out of Europe, for America has not
sleep will usually overtake a good con- j were unappreciative and (inattentive; got a friend in the bunch over there.'
science in the Grande Ronde valley and for when a woman travels several Soldiers have a right to kick at ev
by thc time the train reaches Tclocasct hundred miles to sec a man of course ! erything that is bestowed upon them
Old Morpheus has such a good hold on 0f course. Her heart was torn. That j when they enter the service, but sol
bi victim that thc whirl of Chris John-, furv of a woman scorned was assert-i diers cannot be all wrong on this F.u-
full basement, vegetable cellar, $950;
one nine-room house with bath, ar
ranged for hot and cold water in every
room, wired .throughout, vegetable
cellar, with buildings fof garuge and
woodshedv not quite finished, close in,
at $1800; iie fivt-room dwelling with
full basement; one stort room build
ing, with '."kortos in -ear with full base
ment; or.-.- sto building, almost new;
three- oihtr small buildings, close In;
one four-room hNuei'ity water, elec
tric lights, stone foWIution, cellar and
woodshed, near paved street, $800;
Mars' rock quarry for $12,000. There
is a fortune for t.ie right party. All
above on terms to suit. J. L. Mars,
owner.
Grande lotule Lumber Co.
son's North Powder flouring mill, nor
the tramping of the cattle feeding
along the tracks in Baker county will
serve to arouse. About the time Hunt
ington is reached any La Grande pas
senger bound for the cast will awaken
for it is impossible to pass through
Huntington without checking up all
your belongings your conscience in
cluded. When you trot up and down
the platform watching for some of the
railroad boys who used to live here
such' men as Shorty Logue and other
notables you while the time away un
til some hard-boiled Short Line con
ductor jerks out ''all aboard," and off
we go into that sea of sage brush and
promises known as Idaho. Idaho, yes
Idaho the home of Borah the best
irrigated section in the United States
and the most desolate stretches of
sage brush to go through to get to it.
Just why there is such heavy travel
now is a question ucuai.-u "
upon various occasions. As a matter
of fact, there is hothing remarkable
about this, for people have money and
they are spending it. It is the most
natural thing in the world for a person
who makes monoy to want to travel,
hence the very large number of trav
elers at the present time. While some
think, and honestly so, that these arc
not prosperous times, they are mis
taken. There are some lines of busi
ness which are not prosperous and
wVch have been very hard hit by tne
.r nd its aftermath, but business as
a whole is .very prosperous. W e Bre
spending the money .that was raised
by placing a bond issue a mortgage
if you plcase-Mm the old homestead. I
do not mean to say it was not ncces-
tn-mit th morceaze on '
home, but be that as timay, there is a
lot of money left to c(rcuiaic aim
while that Is going the roundsbusi
ness is going to be good, very .good.
TVor. nmHablv will ine tic
when Ihe screws will tighten, but why
enter into that vale of gner before u i
is time to tak thc plunge? The j
tntmov-spending era is with us. It is
changed condition that confronts us. I
A meal on the diner ?or a dollar isj
gettir off easyhcn a few years
ago a person could We very xd
pork chops, potatoes, ceffce and icei
sream on the ol Frisco Flyer o. of i
Kansas Cit for 65 cen'B 'Ten cents I
for the black boy waiter then wa'b
quite aft rirfiCW take my advice mnj j
Outer Cirtumfmrrtee
'mffl 1 85" W:i
w Li wmi , '
Uftimtiatrl, tK or;'j ticun ("e
of r.fiy ir(U(C 144 uk ii! 'rr h
greitr ltn tit L-ariHq irrvnl-'fici
hmere are you
$wx, to get those .
Any inru r tubt when i:vla"
its outer mtinnh-rwe )h
ference as is .c.o.. hy iM vA
l Recognizing thi basic princinft
thii (iitfervm,e inlo'tht MichtlUi
c vndiej'i v )!.M?gfr around
:r(rt.wd -its tuner drcuiti-
!!as.r;uf(,';i above.
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fcrwtce bcinj; of i.-f.ictU iliy th
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f-.rnric? or cii'iiurn rcr-xt f. t ,
bfinu shsfK-r t fit, ift'.-'X'
VichtUn ydnntit.lt hum built
kc hi makiffi Jl rinq-thujtad.
o'fVftic'tly ;traisi' it's outpr circum-
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when vou ride iw.
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and OordOoto be bQW andftet 'Jie
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