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AN INOEPENIlKNT.NEWSPAPTfK o o0O
Fubl shed Dally and Weekly at i.h uranue, uregtn, uy ui uriw i... ..m.b
.Observer l'ubllahing Compy.
fcnUriJPat the PottoRice at a Grande, Oggon, a(f econ Clasl lall Matter
e Address 1$ Comrojinications to C
O (THE ORSERVOfipMlffAdama Ave., LaGrande, OrpM.
CITO AjD COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
On Rale lii Other Citle. OregonlloUd Nw Stand, Por&nd; tgirto Nrt
Bland, . Portland; Mffltnomah Hotel rewa Stand, Portland.
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, SUBSCRIPTION RATES
By CartJer . .
Dally, per month a '''v- Per "J" nl" In advance 4.5n
Daily, per t&oa motfhs ,...2.i!S "ie "topy.
n.n- .. ... t- tvie IB.00 lally. (hr mWhi f(l advane....Jl.oO.
Daily,' Jmmonths in advance ...$:i.00 Daily, per month. -'-.,?
ai.Aiu iTI,ruir.HiRr. hv mall, ncr year In ndv8J.ce l.o(i
..roinnn dvi A uu. Iff A TP Ik PRR'tS fc,
n.. A....fd Press i.'exrlusivefy entitled to the use for pubhVatlon of
all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise rred.ted n this paper, and
I a Mh loral new. published therein. oAll rights of re-.aiblicalion oi apecial
dlnpatteics here are alio resena
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LEAVES ON THREE
DAY GAME 8 OUR;
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PE!QETON, .Ian, 21,-Six pl.O-j jjoifif); l.bo. .T.-m. 21.-
crs and &i8 Dick- llanley, repre- jhffving been -i,noQiced dead by
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More than one-half of tin )c' .' the United State
are crowded into cities ud towns of over 2,")0() jinpiila
tiiin. No wonder there3 i a shoi'f ac of houses if? 1trc
cities and a herding together of the inhabitants which
bodes ill for the liealtli and morals (ft the nation.
When a'I'l the vast territory wlnclt lies' outside ol
these tow,ns is considered, and when it, is remembered
Ihat most of it could be made to yield a decent living with
little yiore effort and less .sacril'iiy than is required to
"make a living in town, the uund, of poor s'l niggling hu
manity is harder than ever to understand.
Hard times in the cities Vil'l bcih) to remedy the coi?-
' (lii ion a little. Hut what is needed most is A better sense-'
'of "Values, a bc'ftT apprcciution of the things which iod
gives free in the country fresh air, minligtit, freedom
anil Space and a lessened regard 'tVr man-madco things
f town which rob the soul and body and purse.
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sonfinir PrAdO-on litrh achi)L,s bae'ien'iifti- iilisidiu, cii- l-year-wld !
ketlmll aquad left thiK oriiniit foiVrf:iKr .Mr .and rn. William WUre,
Pullman, Wah., on a Ihree-eanW in-nummr i,r liia lloiso flra dnuart-l
vamon nf the Palouae country. They ! u,, iSi. twiw riiOW and re-
piifl) a irame loniKni wiin Loiia nin ,si(H(.j in lif' llirollKn Uf ol in
Hchoul, 9riday niM with the Pifc'ih-1 fi, -fiJniaii -iniMit'stiliiiiBuioi. The j
mif SVas&nitton State Collegre an4nr.'i,'ru'd from pnenmonla audi
naiui-niry muni wnn ruunian niK'i oiki, In Hi" N'iMIi- iionm ana WKuin
whool. ' (in b6H.6li.il llni, liniKinoior wiia
Since the game two weela l with I unt after Hi", baby had s!iipp'd
Wajla WuJIa high achool, the local i b i-af) In pr. Doctor ntlanilrtiK - Ibe
Icani'n lOancCH hikve loukcil much ihct- lenm. - ,.vni-..'! t tntnl oralu,1 for the
ter. The bCfra held their hosts to a I work dori'j by ihc fMotor, opnrarod
fii-iw iM.-ur niiu nuipriHeii even int'm- oy rnc i in, -t r umt, ih, ,-a,i
cvea bjf their work. llanley in plan-1 con ri,l ,n r-(. ihai th child will com-
niiig on Kiving. the beat pirne rriday ,pltdy n c,, , r. a
nijjht when the W. S. C. freshmen arc
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taken on.
is henJiy given toall per-
sor;n concerneil oicintpreHted that th,'i
Jinnl eatlmntea for the improvement
of Improvement District No. 101, pnv
Injt the alley in Block 11)7 of Chap
lin's Addition, have been made and
arc now on file in the oXficc of the
('lly Recorder of I.a (irnndc, Oictni,
and the commlnsion of the City off
r.a (irnndc, Oregon, has set Wednes
day the 21th day of January, A. D.
1921, nt 8 (lMoc!c p. m., at the com
mission room In the city building in
I,a Cirande, Oregon, as the time anil
place where all and any objoetiOns-tn
KOR SALE Alfalfa-Clover Blossoms
HONK IM1NEY HONtY
Krom our I hives :it wholesale, ito-
iioirtid can only :i.2"i. 2 eaus in case,
li.()0 here. Send money ordw o
draft. I-'. l'Oltl'll, Mmidian, lihtko.
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Tie Obseunr will pay rood pact
for clean rM. o a
II(!.MOIii:S((I E SUEHttY'S SUN
BAY AM) .MO'DAy.
STATIONERY Really first-nlass
said eatirtiateii and the contemplated ' paper In boxes now on sale at our
assessment thereon wilt. be heard and 1 'l"lt'- "Al1 t"p '''hig brandh just
determined. jdrop in and see is. Also note our win-
LD6ted tlijj January 20th, 1!l2t. !,,ow "n B"mc "f tho l,!"linS brmda
j X? STEARN !at modernte prices. !rit
Recorder of City of I.a Grande, fit P. JJgSJKf t' 'WJl''
1-20 21 A-.il-.HjilAjL
COAI, For everybody at the Roch-1
dale store. Call Mjiin 7.ri3 o
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TIIK IJATK OK IIN-E,MI'LOViMlONT.
The recent estimate of a labor
mufcar.ino, giving the oiumher of un
enployed persons in the United
Mates as 2,.'12.r,(tflu, la not ao di-roug-nglng
as It may look at first glance.
It nysy he, as the compiler says, that
It represents the largest numtler of
Idle workers thercchave been in thit
country since 11)07. It Is to ! iu
niembercd, however, that the ppula-
tion is larger than it was 13 years
ago, and tho industrial population is
Overy much largrr .. It Isothe propor
tion that counts. c
: The ccneiis of 11)10 ajiowcd more
than 88,000,000 people engngeil in
gainful occupations, 110,000,000 male
.,! h 07.'. nan fcnmle. Tho u-overn-
mlait in 1017, iii connection with theJ
ofirat selective . draft, estimate! the
workers at more than 48,000,000. The
Population has kept on growing, and
Tn addition women have gone into in
dustry lately to an unprecedented ex
tent. The total number of workers,
now is .wmcwhere between 50,(100,000
and 00,000,000 and probably nearer
the latter figure than the former.
eSo, if there are 2,325,000 "people
out of work, it means one out of ev
ery 25. That is unfortunate, but not
at all catastrophic. "If one out of 10
were idleK'WC migllt worry,
i This Is not ro very much wor.se thnn
what Jahor stutisticions used to reck
on as the "normal rate of'unemploy
3 moot" during the winter months.
Moreover, this unemployment ac-
0tually sem to he decreasg rather
than increasing. Many factories, ro
ently closed, . have" been opening
again. It is always the tendency,
.rather than the momentary situation,
those wfio strove to make them ap
preciate their advantages that they
were a rarely privileged clasit; Only
one person out of 500 or liOO'got to
college. . o
This grent increase in the pntpor-
tini of students i partly due to the
amazing development of high Rchools.
They have grown prodigiously and,
nci'ordinft to Hie report cited, "a larg
er proportion of high school titudents
is going to college1 every year."
There are critics who find many
things wrong with tho colleges of to
day itlld with the graduates they turn
out. As a title, no ononis more wnre
of the shortcomings of these educa
tional institutions thnn their own fac
ulties. It is 'quite certain th:it most
of the collepien are making fvqry ef
fovt to meet the real educatio'iffil needs'
of the nation and to fit their stu
dents to live and work and seryp.
Tlioj have boen. genuinely handicap
ped by lack of funds and by nlil the
ories and tjwiftly changing ideals.
In spite of its failures and defi
ciencies, tho college eduenfion is re
cognized as valuable. The great
throngs of students seeking it are a
guaranty that the eftlleges will learn
to meet modern needs and, at the
same tinie will carry ol the finest
ideals and. traditions of true educa
tion. ,
TENXKSRKR ttl.TV. LAW
The "blue law" pitmniiiifn is form
ally Imuu-lu'd. A liill has been intro
duced in the 'IVnru'Hsefl Kcnnto to pro
hibit Imselmll nnd othtr tipovU on
Sunday, aJon with Iho operation of
all imsscntT nnd froiht tf in, tho
pulilirtRtHHi or iiowsnapor.1", thn op-
thiit counts, nnd the tendency junt !iniiiK of any kind of utoi-es and all
onow is distinctly hopeful.
Tl mi d'XITOX I'l.'OTllS'PS
The Amerlinli Lerfon lias submit
ted a memorial to President 'Wilson,
President-eleot Harding and every
member of the ,Senate nnd House,
railing attention U tho faulty man
ner in which relief for disabled sol
diers is being carried on, and recom
mending changes to make this work
more ''speedy and effective. Hills to
rover its suggestions are now jiend
ilia in Oongres.
The Lcfiim, nfte( mliaustiv in
vestlgation finds that, while the U'l
Itcd States has been more lrtVral thnn
any other nation in providing for dis
abled soldiers, it has failed, in a large
measure to make its proviioil avail
able. This is attributed to "an
tunlphinic stste'of divided repen-dbil-ity
and wasted effort among the gov
ernmont avreacles with which the pro
blem resls.'
As a cure the Li-gem ssks n law
proviiliof for the nitHwatlon nf the
three great agencie, the war jisk
insnrance bureau, the federal Ir ani
of vocational eourntlon and the pub
lic health service, tmrt a tingle lieiwt
which .'iill' co-ordinate the r efforts
jittj deeelttraliu their machinery. Ap
propriations ttv sought to nkc re
lief in nil blanches available pnnupt-ly.
There Is no matter iore vital to the
honor of the county. Tbe surges
tions nf the l.efioii are lt.cd on
careful stwiy and sui;ttct efficiency
and economy. Tongiess sh -old not
il-to give llieosubjcct prompt an l
ftfavinale aftMition. -
buying and selling except in .instanc
es where charity or necessity re
quires, o 1
Ihe hill is said lo have "14k eji the
reeular course withvut dehnte"" and
Ito hove been received "without any
excitement by the aenators." There
will to plenty of debate and excite
ment if th movement spreads to oth
er state capitols, and especially if
Congress takes a hand in It.
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No one has ever yel succ,',!ed
In en l eli I iir a shadow utid frnift pies
eat Indications ihe Vnrilaml police
are not poliiK to estatillslv.n neV
iH-eceilent. llui liei-e's hoping any
way. Sain m Capitol JiMiit.il.
The plain Irulli Is I lint the crime
wave has swept all our police or
icaniniituMis off their feet, and now
lliey are b-l,cBsly strut;Klitii:
in.ainsi ibe tiinlcrtow. rortlitnd
TebKrain.
They're producing Wagnerian op
era in Paris again, and the Kronrh
dent fceem to be protesting at all
ei'.iint this Invasion - of hostile .mu
sic, litit than, as a New York editor
ironttnUy remarks, Paris i too ncir
to the actualities of war to get
proper perspective- on snoR matteif.i
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TODAY
SATVRDAY
It's B5bk & Banner Week and W Expect a Banner DayVi,
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" It's the Greatest Sale o
CLOTHING
EVER HELD IN LA GRANDE?
Se Our Windows!. Visit the Store!
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HALF PRICE!
Less Than Prices
w 0 B &
. For Spring" .
-Thfs"rtadicalf Siale of Clothing ia Ihe greatest event
ever affenipteif liy tlilsslore. ft means thattwe are taking
a great loss In onler lb clear Hiur stocks by February 1st.
fin that is on; one aim RKGAKDLE.SSOF COST.3 ,
Everv-nriee ticRetcromains ofl the sillf ns H wa orle
Inall marlied nothing clianged or erased you pay Just
oneMialf the nctiml vuluej of the auit.'' ,
Hart Schaffner ft Mar0
J and Styleplus Clothes
Think what it means. "Jiisl HALF PRICK for any suit
In our VMitlro stock. - ' o
Select tomorroV; ench day lowers the st,Wk. Oo
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Hart Schaffner
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in a rousing romance laid -in
a land that knew not
God nor Law
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Read the Want Ad
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Harold Lloyd
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"HIGH AND DIZZY" ;
A COMl'DY SPECIAL s
To Rattle Your ftiba Shiver Your Liver
- And Tickle Your "Tmnmy"
erftfeel.lli!fcJJliii
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The Unemployment
Problem -
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Sure, llvisiii has a right to whatev
er form of government she prefers.
Ann, we venture to rominfl the vocit
emus friends of Uol-hcvism, so has
America. I 1 ,v
Maybe the rea on the (irmiins are
till payin Uilhclm his salary in,
theyjioi h,.'H fiKive thm for no
iNying won the r for him.
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w'l "assist the dvl,,int nf) 4
ffll IB V mn. .ldn .w ... . I
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w,r "-i-" -'"T "" '"-t-e-is. if it ft-ren't fothe fact
ventimooi trie Association ,.i Amen Mhat all thm-ney saved on faresoi,
can 01ege staled thnt there nr. pent on gasolir nnd tires, a,
now nair if minion rvaiege siuoeni iw m
0 0 in the UiQed States. That is iQ iO, 'ral million Amefflons are go
on out of PV'ry 212 persoO. I: ha ling to feel HisrrinS-si.H ..in.3s..
mtated svsin s) when
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Alvyays Be Sure
of the Number e
When you trust t an oVi'Viml or loiter lioad
yon are apt to call a nuntlmr that has been
cbutiged. e t; ; -
- !id hon yhn th 1'all a "wrong nuinhrr"
'J'Oii fiuisctjiifonvtiiitHijjp aiirl dlay for yiflrsolf
nnd for tho party wlnuft yen c.ill in error.
iilake iPa practise It ivusiir? flic IVlopluflM?
Diret'tofy first. '
Homfe'lntlepeifflent
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THE problem f te nneniployed is
tlie one that the entire, world farJes.
ft is a serious one. You can help
materially in solving it for Oregon.
You can begin today in your own
home in Jour business.
Keep people at work in Oregon's5
factories and everything will be fifte.
,Boy Oregon Products
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