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THE OFFICE CAT
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A SEW ('OXGliKSSlOXAI. DJSTHH T.
"One of 'th few iinflortuiit subjects before tlio eoniinK sea
son of tin; leislntiii't" iiys0Uic Salem Caiytnl Journal, "Is the
nation of n new coiiKicssioiml district to KiveUirpiii another
representative in eniiRreMi, ns well as rciipportioiimcnt of the lt'tftp
J.'itive, districts, o , s 0
"A Rooilly portion of the membership of both houses aro as-
piiwits for congressional honors- 'the abidance would-be ;ovcr
nors. The nmhilions of the members, will lierefore deeifle. the
hotindaiiies of tle new eonnressional district. AsJ'orthind has n
ronjcrewinnn, north western Oregon nnotfier, eastern Oregon n
ithird, ns u matter of jjluy the next cojinresxinaii should be from
the southivestern part of the slate but ho probably wil? not be
Fair thy for the considerations of the stalo Iftis little chance
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wnen n niu'reieres wnn personal desires or inose who erenie ine wan
districts. And a thirstyold soul wusohc;
"As for the renpporlionmcit of the stale, it. should be done! I,e .Q"eli t"hH p'!"
in such a way as to give each county a representative and a sen
ator, ami the balanfe be determined by population. Otherwise
the populous regions will -eoTitrol all legislation ami the neglect
of sparsely tiled regions, who need much more than developed
regions, be increased. o .
"'It is not at all improvable that i deadlock will develop over
the reapportionmeppt bill, land the present apportionment, made
" IWyenrs ago, continued for HimtJRT 10 years through inability of I'huutrht li alontr it wua a fujpe.
the legislators to agree.
W1LHUE DOES THE CHEAP COAL
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C'oul production is hrOikinK records
and wholoxale prices are tumblnK
heudloriK. Whut do the operators and
jobber do with all this t'heau coal,
unyhow? It doesn't Keen? to reach
many of the reAilera.
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The nly really cruel feature of
that California iynchinif, frorn the
Culiforniu point of view, wus that if
the mb had waited undealluwe4 the
men to be hunted legally they would
have enjoyed two or three nftnths
more of ttoOt delijrhtful California1
climate.
A -Lo Crunde mun was telling us
yesterday s how beforcOhe0was mar
ried that it always gave tarn Ohc
headuAe to be away from her before
he was married, but now, $nce he
(tot her? It given him a he:idache tcobc
with her. Funny old world, isn t it?
THiatrTS MN Y A SI.II'.o
Old King Cole o
u thirsty old soull0
stmcj: ok final AcrorxT
In the Mailer of ine Est uie or f
I . JOHN H. TAYLOR. Uewuaed, !
; Notice Is hereliv elven that I lie
administrutirix of the above entitled
"dale has filed br final account'
jaa aueh ndmiriibtruirix. and that the
County Court of I'liion County, ftre
Kop,' has fixed Monday, thj- 7l!i day
lof Fb;uaiy, ls21, at Ihu hour of
j leu o'clock u.q in., ut the Cftnnty
('8urt Knoin at the Court House, in
Iho City of I.a Grande, Oregon,
.the time and r,hic4? for liearilli oli-
1 iectloiis. Of anv Itiere bO to sahl.
Final Account and for Iho settle-
iliK-lit of said estale.
Dated this 0i day of utfuuiry,
A. J)., 1021.
e . EI.SIK TAYLOR,
Adininlstniirix of the Kslut? jf tlie
Kstate of John0II. rl'aylortof)HceaKed.
It. J. Own, attorniy tor Adioiul
i ratrix.
d Jan.8-15-229-Feb.5.
Rubies of VarOus Colors.
Aliitcnli ru)ltH it r umiiiIIv rod,
bluTc iin vlolft, pink ui iurnle ouch.
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And he cued for his howl
Rut he COT macaroons nml ten.
A man in Nebraska has iliscovered
a vay to make0whiskcy from pota
toes. So that's why it's so expcns'ivp,
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A conemporui" risers editorially
to the "Mexico Druma'
ITfliry under sings "Oh, It's Nice to Get l'p In the Morning,
Hut Its Nicer to Lie: lis Bed." Harry is riglif! It is nice to lip
in boil, especially these wintry mornings; when the snojv crinkles
under ijne's foot, and the funnier" fire has gone.out.
Portland's city attorney has resigned hjs position to take up
the defense of John .TOlheridge, 'lliei is either n. Damon and
Pythias friendship between the two men or -lse Etheridge.'for all
of his insolvency, is still able to .pay an attractive fee. Astoria
Hudtfct. J
ST. MAKK'S IS REAL HO.MlJ dislinction appetiyt to be meiely so
OF HKLK'ilON'. jcjul, implying, aim usually involving,
, mora grandeur and flisplny for tlic
I ambassador. To dra,w that ilistlnc-
Eight hundred homeless, jobless jn,,,, j u ,t of di,onllllil. r,tjbn-y
men slept in the pews of old St. 'that Americans should be superior to,
Murks Church on the Bowery In New j lllat!,.r whllt illt,101ln ,li,,mut
iork, the fust night or the neV year. n?ay tu,k 10ul j,, As ntnU!n
I hey will be psmiittedto lodge there, slan.l, it makes an invidious discrim
with breakfast providefl, us long as ilmtion between Amerioan officials of
the need is Indicated. 4eilml W(.,h Hlu ltilH-. ami also be-
A rumor had come o the rect;U' , tlven , COJmtri(s (l) wlli,fl ,h ,.,,
of the church that a body of men h..aited. It is the essence of ie
were punning to tnkr.il by storm, Al.mM1.!Wy t t,.,,at everybody oalik1!?
never dreaming that they would be : , ,,il.11fill SPir.rpsm.,., '., f
welcomeil. When the men annearetl ; n, ,,...., ,,-u ' ,
. " . ,, , , o" . ' ' uilliKcy co(leiL
,ney luuno ine cuunn ngnieo ";, ,,,,,. u. ai,,iomi,lic
wnfm mifl t lii I'ni- utn lino ,lt li " '
""""B I VICC,
kindly unil I'urouruK'iiiR worlsD j Q pop
lhr are pooplr who tvvi Unit
church edifice shoulil Woutti'd only for
puipooH of worship, and hat relig
ion today miniKtei-H too much to ini'ir
hiMticd und too little to tht'iO s)pls.
r Hut of whiijt uw iff Ui KHthfM-'H housp
Don Meyers snys that vaudeville
(lingers may not bebraver than otherj
HHj,le. lint you moste admit that
they are always ready to face the
music. "
Of course, hp thinkn that i al
wnyH tfoinjr to look uh fair nisi sweot
n slie docri when ho calls upon hoi
when they are courting lint huhu8
:ui awful jolt coin in tc.
cm;t:u madamiu:n
IK MAItJVSrtlKX hatno! hepn tpinpt
ed to leave Iut uest iliat niornint'
.ill WLUiltl ln.vu Iuaii well uLkli iiir. !
w " " " a v
MiiUiUU tpii 4i ihe "ujiht to nit
oii tliosp tKKs, for tliey wefe nearly
ready to lintrli; but for oii little run,
alie feil. It would not nmttt, she
would ii at be tfoiie ftng.
UuL Muduiii Hen knew not of thto
dangers that uwaltpd her. KoroMr.
Tor huil left his liume that tuornlui:
'Oith the Intfiitlori of lirlitgLuK back
for ts -dinner u nice plump hen, und
Minium Ilea wu very plump.
Mr. Ko whh hiding rtylit buck of n
cluing of bushes near the moist place
whoiy U'e worms wore, and hardly
feiul 'IM j'tiinu 1 Ifii licKun to Krratcb
ovlteit, jmpneet Mr. Fox hud her and
Into hU bun he put her, head first.
Itut when Mr. Fox came to a stream
KOMI NAME. o
A baby with tho champion lonjr-
dintanee name of K. B. J. W. K. H. ti
A. ). Owens, Jr., lmn just been retf-
stored by the city clerk of Camden
N. J. lhe clerk thought the futner
was trying to josh him. "No joke
ubout it," fttUI othe child's futficr.
"that ho, is nmnd for me anil hi0!
hua got to carry MnnK with him ns
many mime as 1 hav My fu name
in Kiivderick llrink Joshifii White I'rs-
kine ilazznrd George Augustus Otto
OwcuS- My f:!or was i-;iplQn of a
lug bout und my mother used to trav-L
pi wun mm. i was noiii on ine lug.
There were nine men in the crew, n
they decided to give, me the urt
The teaching of Jh lift and system-
if the Bon rdtlnoi (a there whttfi he h ntic savings in the' public &c.hoU Is
cold and .ingry ami nierabe, and Tuirly'wpll grounded. To this a fin
l.o ithfltered nml weUnmed and fed?ancial expert tiuld add simple lc-
(hrlst stoppl In the middle of his, noiik m business and finance. The
preaching to see that his five thou- iP'i'it is well taken. (
j-Und listeners had a non-day mejn. 0Whl .odloe: t o'tiT'isks lus
jiewouereo no resmcuon 01 Time or ( imwioi uy, 10 teucn ine cniitt tne nee
plucetn hisfplia "Conifo? ye my w& -sity of saving r ju-qumg proper
!le." H i douldful if, in nil its long t unless we teach him how&to han
hiHtory. fk. Mark's wan ever rnre tlU his own feuulsl No uiatt& hi
truly the House of Cod than wheielt 1 much advice he may (get from hank
becumc the hme of the homeless. jers or friends, he has everything to
o i pun by having a certain fulnmeutnl
O c WHY IT HAH'KNS
I ruin the Ke&rul Prison Neg Kra
Ven one remenvhers that in an
ordinury column there re 10.000 piec
es of tvne. there are seven wromr
positions hat a letter n9ay be p0in.
and there ure 70,000 chances to make
errors, imlhons of chances tor trans
positions, he will not Ue too critical.
Iji the short wtnco. ')lo be or n3
to he.M by transposition alone ife is
possi- to uke 2,7H,tl22 errors. cSp
yeu can sec the perii9 that beset the
iiirul..c n
(J)l " ' w BI
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O leihnp the lyist vatuatde pint of
such ttjuning would he that it Aught
;the child t- seek advice 1 rout rompet-
i i i lent authiMities In-foiv makin&r invest
of the prosal to ra,?e ti.e American ''"'"ls' Cabled,. . disimguish
diplomat ica represe.itatlve
fr0ii the rank of "minister
in China
to that
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etwei'W reliable and uimliide d-T Nothing
en sound and un-
(soue busiiu's princi)iles. The cht
Qr u.,.l.u,l,,f ' tnt,.lli,r,.nt Anii.ri
.hiA like und resne. l ('tan... is. ('"' !,u, h " f"MOlli" .little likely
perbaV. the moat loyal ii ici.TT Am- ''""'" cicdulouo victim
nica has among the nuiions. (In any "'" r ln"ra 'cr.
.1 ,i,n i-hiim O 10 o'najoi Uy oi ndulis t
tainly as deserving of ml.asdril , f "0'''"s'0! ,''o'k
.:i,i . S,.,.i.,0 whieh i. ,.U, l'-v "-M0 .0,io?i yeSr
iuonose.1 for this honor, and fur mow I" Positions that no n.Q'
deserving than Turkey whi.hia, u .W"U'J ."I'l'iove. .
alrea.ly. I " o;,''""i why earning
iwnen prni'tKul ctlu.Ti lioa, i an pi
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ulny
I hat is
Tost in
iWben you're
why does the
avoi lat itclgng
ggtling
b:irber
A fine, hot sandwOh like Al Cain
serves vi'ry diO at 1 1 :'0 to 1 p. m.,
is just right. A good, hot bgef roast
with brown gravy, a first-cljiss cup of
conee or cnoci.ne, a 0ece oi apple
pie, it dish of salad you cun't beat
this kind of a lunch in any city and
it ie prepared just as you would have
it at your home. 9
Palace Confectionery Co.
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IN EVERY'
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" f , Twenty -cSixth .
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Annual January
CleArange;-Sale
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NOW IN PROGRESS
Wamyl0i)
he blt.(..tO cross h t artown to resl f opening and let him hg,j In,
mid- ibeo-lie lienrd something nbov
eblckeUK, and listened. ,
W'Mff Iffitliat aliout flue, (Jilckens?"
be asked. 0 " 0
Madam It'Ti told l.n then of lhe
beam Will vnlio eggs In a nest where
ins cce&rs
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then she said shevould ntree
ills If air. Fox would take her Iflc
to the plaee he found her, "for uij
ift'st Is lit some liu. uttt fur from
there," si' told him,
Mr. I'o shoiilo0 have known that n
mother would give her own life to
eve he clilldren, but as he was &
bm liHtor he knew nothing Qbout uch
thfgs so he took up the bag and
sin Ned back,
0 Vhen lie reached the place where
he had found her I4 let Maduin Hen
out, 4ut he took good cgre to hold
her by ijjie leg while he tied a slriug
to her he) ore he let her go.
"If you uike a sound," he told her, !
"(jff cones your W'ud. i
Bftt Madutu watt not thinking of j
ninUIng any nol, She "bad anotfler i
phm, and if It worked ff would cuip j
Mr. I'ox's head perhaps, so she led
him quietly back of the bTuQ to ui.6
0 InOuence of Toys.
The toy ugly In form, dt!gn or color
should not he given lo children for It
may offend an Inherited artistic0 sense,
and misdirect a budding tiislinct for
ftioe things which nro beautiful. One
eaunof expect a chlI to 4levehp hmI
toste If he ts Qirrouiiflpd hv oriieltx
and playthings which vitte all the
to dJ 0tl"o'lH of 3nitry "d color.
Londgners bnd of Tea.
Something like: 5(OMQf gallons of
tea are consumed by Londoners eveR
day.
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Matter of Principle.
A good rniHiy wfilows gft married
Jast to show that they can, and not
becguw A iiny pailcular liking for
what tliey get. o
Wronflly Named.
The hli?ldwoj-m iss noictillnd; neither
is It a woriu,hut 4t kind f lizard.
ANNUA TOCK HOLDERS MEET
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Notice is hereby gn that th an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the United !$ates National Bank of
La Grande, Oregon, will be held at
their banking rooms on luesday, Jnn
uary 11, at two o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of electing the Board of Dir
eiors for the ensuing year and for
th? prpose of transacting any other
business iat may come before th
meetina. ' '
(Signed) T. J. SQpQjGGIN,
o Cashier.
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Sure enough, thre was the nest with
the egg. "io In," Said Mr. Fox, any
In se wet and hopped on 4he ne-sl ,
; Mr. ynx faw meopftilng at the other
end of Madam Hen s hiding plan.
lint hiAhought noting af that. All he
noth'eiPwaa tbut the place was tilled j
with hay, so to held the string and
told Madam lien he would wait righto
there until lhe eggs were3 hatched. '
He did wait fop few minutes and
then a he poked In his head agaliPtu ;
see If she were0 safe Mr. Fox saw
crawling through that other opening
Dog. Mr. I.g' snhlin and right
through the place he fiinie. pushluir
Madam Hen In his huiy nearly off 1
her nest. Out he founded, and after '
Mr Fox he fle for Mr. ox had
dropped the string foisteued to Madam '
Hen'H leg and forgot 11 about the
chh'kenR. 0 q 1
0 Madam Hen had made lift- nest In
of each man on the boat." Exchange. no one would tl ml it and she knewyrp. log's house at the very back,
too liHteh them nhe would not
f.a tm liuillf ul.mil wilti Mi-
h'v. "HM I have negWtert my duty." i
lohl nlin. w I sliouiif not lyve left
the net Ibis Tmrriilnjf.'
'O II t'U you win I'll go." he snid.
"liyu lll0nke ine to the nest I'll
let jnu 0. t( iNurse I am ji have niy
pick of .two$r if?e-chi-keMii whcb. iJiey
jalet.e.l.-'o
h eggs would spoil. If only ,e hadj here the old boards had hroken away
time too hHteh them rthe would not I i,ii1h In the fence made another
door to his houe. &i no on but Mr?
her secret, and, feeling ho
muftuke good core of her, he loked
many times during the dfcy to see
thf nil was well. '
Mad.OHen kneft If. once she could
i!et 1'ink on lhe nest she wus summI,
and het plan worked ?Ot just as lie
Mudaiu Hen waited
i ; Sff' 'bad e.A.ptved It mhL
ed a mlmih .4id , w , fCopyrlvht,).'-
OBSERVER ADVERTISING wlllbring reslt(
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-Doesn't- this sketch suft'ost the hujidred and nne
ehani-es for pii-ttipes ii yinii' liouie. e
lake tiff' must thcni ?th a
. ' . IVo.daK
Wlmt ve sljuiM li.ire to do is to put a Kodak or
15rovnie iti your hand andc'P you see J'nr luivself
what a t4iii .'fete t eimyle instiwinu'Ut it "is.
c Kodaks from $9.49 up.
Brownies as low'as $2.88 c 0
Red. Cross Drug Store
Why shouldn't a man he reiiuireil tc
sift ash alter he iic'GS home Satur-
lay aflerno!? .Six lays, not five
ami a half, slialt. thou labor.
9 a. o
Huron Goto refuseilea rniest "it 1
he IM'oonie mayor of loky If!' saiil
Oh, you 0-iy ifyuurse.
-els the nri-opauoe of
hens aie laying now
r' r
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the man vho(
cut ciHinsel-
But, why any omhaHnHiM- Ot all
fr, if we must yield to the lure of1
liigh-KTundimj words, whyany inin-
li-a Witt.- twit ml niu u-.II wt-.iim '
make them ifll unilwa,lois .lue.im An J'1"'1'" ,h S,'"" -iluolion
1,1ft .liploufats,tiil!,ore1Ki1 ra,liK'l,,:,y , SU'"y "I,H' ,,v P1'"
on nreeiseli- the xante foi.ti.iit. ml tr:im 'ul,k, """'"K instrument, of
(heiAy bhiiKour .l,lomatie nen'Ue M'""- If the mJrument.s of jui,f
into 'airieement with the Amerirrm f' hint on team S.rk
tradition of demwratir rality. and from Ih, er.H.k-.. ',ey'd ha Iwttrr
,l.o with the :(lomatif they that i,Jl, k ""'Jll"g rm-
nil countries are of equal dicOity V I 0
Aire thg world? e A l',erman KAei'ar.i New Year
If there in any real different 1P- mereololhe fierman army eQinsfl
twrfna minuttr und an amhiiwndor. ' ed the soldfrrn to "keep thetr swords
ex"t of termlnolopj", he averaite .aharp." That won't do anr!tunn a
American ritiien hut no notion of(lonf a the lie kitp a harp loK
whnt it mav he. Iliev have exactly - nut.
the nm fiinetinni. They are sent. e "' '
audi ll' a filvolnu air. Even the
Koloshos refuse to htukW duwa.
nhroud for the same husinen,
Iran.sart It In the san way.
The R I rl
0.rfv9itine must have left the 0ioi
open on leaving the l.eacuO of N'
lion for I'h'e's feet k-1 hilly.
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("hnnrellor Tiall of WjshiuKton fcn-
iver-ity says students iu,l a smart
as 'ley used to l,e. oThe alun'-ii duPi)
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Al V Reap.
Interviewer "And Old you wr
your way through cilifeT" ln,miiient
oiii raw "o. I nil n : n.
O-orkliTC my son's way Hiroiiirh. Mur
be Hie IM-I ll forwia me "- Lire.
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Question Of Etmu.il.
No. Itocer. In to Hie Inevl
'''' ' ' "'"'ssar.v for one tt
.!ft oih"" hat. Itosio 'iftinserlpt.
lon't (Kerlook Camphnlatum
"olt i what you need Oow for eolds
for eouirh!, for nr throat, for piin
in the chest. Sold only by u, 37v and
TAMILY DDUO STORK
b.A aaANai.OKEOON.
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Fiivnitni.- Liberal Terms
A ML A iSAJl Irf UL& V
Exchaltge .Department
We carf the largest aad
most complete liie of .used
goods in the city at TLe vny
lowest prices? N matter how
inexpensive o8r hijjj cl;vs you
vwish, call" on us aud wee will
prove to ou how to save mon
ey. We are largest dealers in
used goods in the city.
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PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT WE WILL
SHOW YOU EERY SIECE OF FURNITURE
IN CURBIMENSE ST)CK WITHOUT OBLI
GATING YOU TO BUY. WE W.ANT YOU T$
SEE WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT PJJR PRICED
ARE AND jKtW.THEY COMPARE WITH OTH-
ER STORES. o IN SHOPPING AROUND, BE
SURE TO GET OUR PR1CES. YOU'LL FIND
THE IDENTICAL MERCHANDISE SHOWN;'
IN, OTHER STORES .PRICED HERE MUCH
LOWER.
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FURNITURE EXCHANGE
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