La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 22, 1921, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text,x:;. e o e e A A 0 e o FOUR E D I T 0 RIALV jPAGE "T5 B e t9- o jt. If a o 0 o o o e 0 r? ' tt ' ,; . ! ( t, 0 o o 1 ! o o e oca iw iMnldcvuiVT vrWSPAPKif Published Dalty nd Weekly at La 6ril, OreKcn, by I, Oranda Evening Unserve i'UOliHinify uuiupue Entered SW the Po9offic at U Gran;. Oregon, aa Sond Clpi Mall Matter o .. Address all Communication! to THE OBSEHVt-K, Ul Adaina Ave., La Grade, Oro o o s CITY AN COUNlToFFICIAL PAPER Hn Sale In Other CHIca-Oregon' Hotel Hews Stand, Portland; Imperial Ne 6 Blind, Portland; Multnomah Hotel Dews Stand, rVlland., SUBSCfifl'TION RATES , By Currier , , ? . qially. per month r 71 lily. P nln ln Ivanc Uaiiy, per tbraa raoiiilis M J1- ""', ocI)y o Dnllv. ner vear In advance Ifi.uu Jaily0three montha in advane...l.n Uallp six months in advance ....3.uu Daily, permomn ...-ou Weeklv (Jlwerver-Star, by maH, pen year In advance ...... i.o MEMBER Of ASSOCIATED PRE3S an,. Associated Press is exclusively entitled to th,use for publication o "all new. dUhe. c edited I. it or not otherwise creXted n th. pueg. an. l-o Ihe local news punnsneu nierou. myy , CHILI) LAISOIt DAY. Sunday, January 23, In nullnQil tlhild Labor Ouy. If men and wo men ltf know Utile about thu child .'labor movement mid who con sider child welfare work as a? ftriu of aentimontul charity und tVi.ru ire atlll Huch pcople-gwiy dovoie i small pari of Child Labor buy 0 learning a rew elementary f:t'i. jo You doubtless-know ihm tobacco itiiei'iT, which b(jj.e all been i' 5 d ijy can Till liivuailguluiu, to cause .-tol'ious physical harm. Jo our Kys anil Kills, and to lay the foundation !'..'! j, inilitlil.n.. In more jiariuful drug later in life. , e JKIfulng from your editorials, I i-el iiTiv Ihul you agree with me -S2r fti deploring the cigarette peril, uriiiMin losage. il.reainiilng our school oys. O- i?ii.Gi ' do uot bliil their user? bv Jiablt lo cOuiuflt 0,-ie? io doan always inciTusiiiK, ah do all imr'jSlc drut!H, in vlrlue of tlteir acl ion which .Ot rirnl mlnUllatca andhen deprmH'O. ililodepreiiOon Is the facuir cauprj; a demand for rostynuuition so foi'w iiiliahlt, and Oralllngofor Increase ibou the subjix, the day uiayj'oiiiuipilon has iiim eu"(l by leim nark boKlnnlniPif ti'.-iiiendoiu J:,"d houmla aim c 1SI7. 9 urogreuj ln child carcp Til.' illaoatoheB, here arc also reserved. A 'OSTLV I.IOlTOIfSALK. , A Clii'ii) jiiolu' awiinlcil a vcnljct if '.O.IMK') ' fl.tiniics to ii mini I'lfl'' h' iK''M'iiitf coiilfiiniiiK woimI nl-iiol. Tin' daiimKe art- a.ss.",:-i'l n ; r)ic I'ifin l' U'l ' ilt'iilfi-s fliiit solsl liim t.h drin I. ; Tlvjs is aid to. the first case of tli kind, if so, it Hliniiiil servo as ;i invcodciit for iimiiy niorc.o 'I'lic i'ilic is ' Isrtrc, lifit who would givo his eyes for even $:!(),( )()(.' . Tlii! woiwt plinsc of hc whole yiiserahlo husiness of illicit linimr sales sinee the coinftrv went dry lias hoen 1 11k; usni! of wood aleohoi instead oT u;raiii a'leoiioi. iwcry inlelliKeiit iiersou knows flio dffereiicojiy this time, aipH' Knows that wood iiieonoi is aimosi sure ry cause partial - or tofal hliiidiies aiifl often results in datli. In one : ease, more than 2()0 deaths were traced to i (onsis'iiinent : olbwood aleohoi " wljikey "' sloiied from Boston tm IXew Yolk and retailed there. Jn that ease, riiort;(tver, Ihe only ' jtnnjsTiiiient the'eulprits sufl'oi'ed was a short term of iiir (visoiiinent. ' -Most of the )eo)le who make drinks from wood al- . i-ohol -iiMiy b6 presumed to know w'hat they- are. rloing. Tla' only wav toslop the evil praetiee, whetlyr fliey know 1t or not, is to impose punishment or damages eonv lfieiisiirate with the harm done, in addition to the ap oroiiriiite Tiennltv for hreakiiijr the pi-ohihitiiwi laws ' ' o 1 1 Own K. I.ovejoy, wrlilnK In The-i'eiyirl 4 .per (iu in 1II1H. our lonoy, our laws and Miur eiKiruivs 0 curing fully doveloiid nodal 111.?. e are r,rformliii' thn tnrdy act ( Rjcklu' the door ftor the Inlilal oii a been suffered. Oi eouisi5. here, may bo othor thlifiis in the larn o save, but thut linos not lo.i icg "the uctual loss. Mr. Lovejoy wrlica: "Tlfcia Is io mors fuudunujiital liim of ial Ji'OlevliiB .Hxhauste bifln, luuscle. AC netiiv ve we no rleiy i exercise, play td ainnB- uiut to aiiit all lanps. occupations and kiuds.of exhawsilou. Aarcollcs, I aiiit, aci i.or simply, Jnt the .)ii simple Jii9'nid wcyijj!- Ie to club t iiucoiucioiisuaKS ""ihe weary toiler, tlult Alt UliKi fiHE1 tue 0)10 IS -kO- Ih.' drill? or leuva tt alane.at least without Krit phyalcal dlseoinfort ami craving. Foods naver ana in this way and cannot be Justly compared wiih THE GKPeMAN MAI? K SWINDLE. A li'i'ini'iidouH swiiidV' In conn, ti'ifelt Oeiniiin marks lias0lii'vn un covercdo In boston . riontly. It la mild to liuvo drawn lis victims troiu ull over the country, the houvlcsl . bitters being ihousandB of Klrl chirks mid women stenoKiiiphers who were hid f invest their small hvIih:b In Ilia fniiidiilent German money. Whispers of fortunes to bo mude by JiivcHtuiletit ill foreign moneys have been rlfa for the Inst five yearn, hut the wlso have Klvcn no .Ucd. 'I'liu opporimiKies for croaked work niv so many, and even with honest dealing tln) tiuie when for clKii exi luuiiju shall have recovered lis normal 0vnlue Is so lajdefiiilie, an to aw lie such luvistu ills the oinost extiemo type of (tumbling. Mxpcricnceilo Mien of finance wlio can al'iord to take chances and Io wait rot- flniincliil plvms Io ripen only liiurli ul the Idea of patil.li); money into OI.M'man murks. HiihsIiiii s rubles,. K ion i'Ii (rauiw uuil l'ollsh marks, 'I'hey Invest In Amei-icaii securities or put rtelr money Into Aiuerlcuu banks willi sound t.ipitul mid sound Koveiumeiit behind lliein. It is unly the credulous amP 1W pout, who g.ill lciu.l afjiiiil lit lo.-.e. who are tcfripPud Jiy tluite lale oi H tti'E . .hHuvIUjIiib, .lor , ;irurtlculy llolhlllK. .'rj'; ( ' 1 i . ' 'I'lieijv ImVe been vi niiy (,r waMt-' llir.s oil the 0HllbJet't, hut apparenl p ly tlteie is rinui for more. pefor! PltliiK any iiiouey lino toiilnu ex chaniie consult wllh your uK'nrcut Aiiieilcan bunker. POK'tiOTTKN SAVIXdS. husiinil, and In the end neither profits by it. Or a singlo person !loes the aaiuo, without tolling any; lueuilier of his fainiiy. The Jesson Is obvious. Every ilie posltor thould either lut bl lini dlate iolat.ivefl kii.ow of his savings, or should have soimi record of Uiem which will bo readily uecesslhU; In case of h!a death or dlsupuVumuce. The same consideration applies So oiliej. (liM'iimeuts liiillcr.tlnii the po ssession of pi'nperly of any soil. ' KluilenlB at the Insllluto of Tech noJiiKy0 In Hoson aro disinlsd from thn class, room for sneezing. Ilostop knows cdiirulloti Is not a thing to hawiieezed a EniilnyeiA"are lowering wgi'0so that they can make goods Io soli at lower prices. And thill's ' all right, ir they will sell the goods l lower prices. Ij Is '.aid, that II cosl a Michigan inn t (lie savings. of a llfelltiiB to bo caughl catryliiK nojug of inoon shlne. Where he made his mlntake was In Investing In false sociiritles. A list of iialiiee was printed the ot!4er day in a New York ,news liiper. tiuptin( alike in liiiloher uuil In significant e. It consisted of 2'i.outl dead and forgotten sa Ings aiTUiillts ll banks of New York slate. 0 UverTr one of .thoMi lHAMUtlts had lain doriiiiiatfor at Wti live years. So f fW-la tiuv heen "dead" Some pimp), l 1 1 1 seem Io Ima gine Jliat a fleet or droadiioiighis is un olive branch. And maybo i hey 're j l: lit It s a branch of ripe olives full -of botullnits gefins.. .,. 1 o The Dalian News suggests that ev ery immigrant be requited to Jirlng hij hou.-sv with him. Hctter stum! the hniisiui; shortage than the rCuropean type of housing. o - o o According to some people's estimate of Li-nine, you'd thing that every time lie walked across his office floor It would register in American seistvvu- jgrnphs, " I'.nnunr.lo Is said to have been vvnnmled lu ihe lirnd. Also he ba-.n'i been doini: any talking hue. ly. Mid he gel hit In thn silly spot? of ilu narcotic Orugs hcwinse they are ull hahlt-formlng and llnerefoi iurvey, nuggasts an angle from-; total, udiaccu hill tor that year bj lnterri with the very tyei-sonnl hlch this work in flieliuli of iheM" 'ih hillJon four million dollnrso liberty which antl-prohibitlonlsts ntlot little, ones, might be re-j 1 know lint you corWiiily - would j talk about so uch. for all these urded. Tb)3 child Is ihe key to)11"' adilso u bnjaiVjAiifl lea or a i drugs graduallycilestroy the irson he social liarn door.o long asl'"" and cornlinaiil dlc?l lor babies J nl llberiyf of the adilict and hind fj negrect the child and devote orii-!'"' r'Uogriiwing ciniuron. 1 Deiiovo Mini In ulavee to his drug. If lie mat lea anu coiteiieau to the u.-avcanHstop using the dnig his per of tol.aeeo and tobacco bic.ds Indjioiiirl liberty i gone and he can it cr.uinx for alcohol ami alcohol; no longer do aa. hcQpleascs and taloe to inoi',i,ii. und ciH'itiiie. c m f beg yon not to confu-'g' fooda ami drills as you have dotue in "IVohibitiriii of3Tol.ai(o.'0 " Notic ilrugs are all Jiablf- roi oiio", fraio lea l coffee, which i narcotics. Again, Ihe action of nar! aro but mildly -o. Io tobacco, opiillo. cotics tnsooilK. reconcile nnO sat- ndeavor than to child. If we cocaine and nlniliol. .jlefy," the soldier, stijdnt, thete. an make all our children lu allhv 1 '"' great iliiterence belweemor arllsnn, Is cited: and the "stress well-educated and capable how 'oous and drugs Is In this habit UiBny aoclul (ll will drop off lis nrodiiciloo. We uwd no law U nOip? How many linen f 'relief I Protoel he pnblK or even foolish will become neodtoss? llut if we individuals from earing articles of negjicl the child l.oduy, how iitucli , Lli'iiL vl'1'11 tt-t ll.egi, since foods ., n ,,sji,h uih wti sior nn I m nr , ' " ourselvoH In the future "Wo liust remind ourselves that it, tt not merely Immediate aid to a glvfcn child wo are urlng, bin aid to Ihe fuluro of the whole country through that child." This is one Impcrlnul motive In child welfare wrtrk. 'or the utili tarian mln It may l)u t!ie only ani llvo. Hut for many warm-hearted workera tlie lov of IJtllo nhilil rl.n and Ukb desire io give them a fair chance iti"llfo"and happiness an ad ditional calls o service. living riflit and obeying ijiiture's lavs. Let us lea this to or children, ;&d let us work for "pure .living" rMher than scoff attt. tue Is not enhanced by an admixture of neoy vice," neither will virtue ever lea'fl log'e generatlon of tjrt race." It is the oul thai slnneih iut shall surely n,, ........t. ,.,.,P .n.ki ...i Htmin'nniltresa of life. DouMlesS I j,i. wu l,.,ve Ihe Allnltfcl v"s word hemsefVes betUir than others. tliuJ". effective i;ihoiJ, but hard on Iti nMv history ah well a furnishes no argument for comlon-l1" If'. s with fliaicotlcs. (rriei iiigor continuing lli.v use of ttiy liV1'- but , hard on the .r pliysl- caiiy, mentally ,iu inoraiiy, cuuso tlwsi'f drug wheu long rl tiotied, all lei ifowa isii?, whilr foods, roeivulioii anil play, lull Id up and rei;imiaie and put the man lu condition to do this work belter on the niori'OWiij ('s ' -No mihsiiiotcs for lobacco? WHJ ! I lieii) are un end of ganAa und di versions. outd untl iu door sporl. suited to all varieties of needs and tasies, fur th sedeiitiry and the Inactive, hiatilo uiusjc and reading. or those who like them. I havevery rarely seen strenuous work-, when mixed with enough play anH wM'ii uuiiiunpftiiid by vice or narcotics, do. anybody harpi. 11 Is the way wo were made Io liw, and so keep away disecje. Itighl living is no hindrance to fun and 5"y, i does . uot make life "unbearnble," ami strain" of or t the turmoil of modern business life Is given as un exmise for tliso Vices." . l riig (iiieiiiuu or i uootiiiu mg as It is In a man or Minoronl but more full am coiukle. Lite y !. never so oyuus, full fr -and every doctor's dally experience provelt true. VUe kills. It alay' has, and It always will. It should never oncourad even l)'pls petty ami Innoceut forms hi lur leaders of rthougbt ikjil procraMV7. t challenge, the experluient you quote, claiming IncreasUid pjodiialloa of ,ii' English facioyy af,tr a Ihreo hour siiioke each day, and I will put up uKalust tt, a lio8t of. rarerul scientific experiments by ble ob- servers, to provo that which -you yourself admit Bed Jul a toruiw edi torial, namely that tobacco lowers efficiency in the athlete, the aoldreT1 and artisan. .Men like ?Ford, PtiN uegie, Edison and Wanauiakw. and many other large letnployers of In- S Ik ic, have round it to be One. To. bacco leiid.! to lanliiess, selfishness and lack of ambition I cull upon all good men, iwho. have.lthe problems of humanity at lieurtto unfte in u, campaign of no narcullca lor our boys und girls. Won't Amer ican Medicine help? '.':e FORUM Frank Harris Thanks His Former Patrons rltiving sold my Art Store in J.i Grande after. seventeen years in busi ness and, upon turning it over to mv successor, Mr. Hnrlcy Richardson, 1 j uesirc to extend to the good people j of La Grande and Union County, my ; appreciation or their patronage and good will, through which my efforts have been, at least In a measure, suc cessful. " . I trust tlult you will give.,to Mn. mcnni'flson tlie snmc liuernl unnorr you have given mc and am sure he will render to you the same serv:ce unci courtesy that it has always0 be n my desire to give. I expect to remain in La Grande-; and hope to enjoy the same pleasant relations with you, my neighbors asd friends, that existed in the past. Sincerely yours. FRANK HARMS. Everybody has a right to the pur suit of happiness, but some people in sist upon cldMing It too blamed fast. 1 oil Ihe baukrt' limit: l,. li..t century. eAl least oiffe in fhe y.ais! Thl Anierlcnn wii of VrltM-e pnlilleiillon ut such mcoiints Is re 'hrl't,0'lier of Greece objects , to iliilr.sl by the stme bunking law 1V,KI,," 1,1 Albania. She prefers 'The list is gmwig slowly tuij sieud. i '' ' 1 1 i ; lii Athena., t lly. '' I 1' The least of OW. aVcounts Is An egg cundler says that t,ggs l. Tire Ulgest inn Imo He i -u i j lwu '' distinct personallUea. Ym, of iliuiiHunds. , Alioneilitr ihey l"""t Personalities sometimes. iiiiioiini to many miliums. ! o Ml ihitt iMitn. w n.. i ,i, K....1...1 Well, the ileelslnn for a almoin orgoiteu. Intermi on ii uicnuiu ; ("'"!"l:l ave the couatry tQt t Ileal service to you comes from In l.ites. Im to what imr,..,..' . i, '( iiiuiirural bawl, anyhow. tluuile coa irtrsnal attention i ih nm.siM ... a. . ! - I Your wants, with intellect keeu ami. their relative r4 any benelit out' lakes nbotit two Reneruth, Mlve deoo-d to your benefit M.M.et The Ciwe Against TollllCco.', Vliy sIcIuh'h r.Slroiig Ai'eiil for Anll-NalTotlc (,'ilinpalgii. La Grande, Jan. 20, 3 ! 2 1 Edllor Observer'. Perhaps the fol lowing from a couimiiulca,tioii b Dr. John Palno Torrey of Oklahoma In "Anierlcnn Medicine" (N. Y'.l wlH udd strength no tlw cunipuUu being lucully wageit by the "Mu tunl ltnproveiMent0 Assoclittlons ( VJ 1. A.) of the L. I). Church whose' slofiiin this yearls: "Wo slund for j the non-use and non-sulo of .. To-1 bacco." " As tine author says: "Vicej kills, II ulwayn has. nndil ntwnyc'.. will. Ii should never he eucoiinnd ; oven In Its "jie.tly u)id innocent" i,,l mn I,, 1,U,' ICUUOID ,M ll,.,,.,,, i and progress." ... ; . o 7 Yours very truly, , JACOB l. TIlAYNEIt. To Ihe Editor of American .Medi cine; I would like to see American Medicine slund out boldly for u campaign of Instruction of our children concerning the use of nar-j cotics, iucludlng lieu, coffee mid Io- . voi it pun; stoke is orr.x Wek Days, 7:. n. to. until II p.m. Sundays, 7:!tl a. ill. tlnlH) It p. in. An uiinotincemeiil of importance and strictly in the lnt-rest of satis factory drug store trading. Note car,fully Oile houra on eek days und Sunday that our stori' is open. Henieiuber that behind -litis an nouncement Is the unbiased anil sincere desire only to serW you io oitr complete satisfaction .This is best performed bV iiirunglng certain hours of leisure to all of un In the store who aerv you. t.. o. Ye'r I. lad ia Si-rve You and Srv You ltl)Jl. Clerk ahorlaje. naturally, tli i o s uiore Wvirk and tvspotisilutlty on the shoulders of those Id actual seiv'bv. uf It. "Some of It will Ik revlaine 4, f"r ait linnilgrunt to (wul up to 'lii!l evemuully most of It will ,.ib, p. tiK V( lmiuigrall . In-sslie forfeited to A stll'. The I o . saute sliualiwi lsW, im a M8 i t ' ftunmnn ttr ' Wofltif r o esf-ale, lii ,eiy 0iher avui ' ct'ttie Hie isunl iiM-fe mnt t Tbls Is 'a li.D' nr the savings V1'" no,';, that should not In, overlooked " G 1 g " Some of the "toi'M accounts line' ' union worknWn are glad to dicdObernuse ihe demnvtora l,v ,,'' some of the rlnsedCshmr mn simply forgoiten acoWi ideiu. v.t "n'n of them, howevei? giro pmbably ' lienil uecausT uie ueimgols tllen,,.( i j .ia selves have died and 1-1, ,,o nco.d , tw m k ljkM AiJ haia ,e .if them. A husband opens s.v..,,d (?,d sal Sa..nly gfternoO, note bf the Veiling hours of our Q store, vck days end Sundays, ami cvgfine your- Uiplug to yiese hours. Pit your part ahopr-lug wir tifcfome convenient, and on our purl we romisv you the ttry tut ik-r tf9, vice that liy drug suite Anywhere i!;! can W'I.V- StoW ope every da the week ft T:30 a. tn. .yrtVcrtrWiW--: rAMiLY afuja store ilii j jf . - o ' m ill TMI drift ftm-Am ...... 1111 I V N.?-. I ill KVCSv km$$&k&$&Lm:4 ii IB": . . 1 o V xi;.muiAPSuu tm mm fill nl ' '"' -mAm -I ?v.i 'HiiuriR-pcrsiiF. 1 1: " 1 1 oiiivivjriit. cuturny lnfjjjj IS' " " Alma Rubens ' I W ; r ' ' : - t III4 . ill ' The photoplay you've "longed to see, , . ,, - J jJ ji With hwrt .appeal that lifts an ".. ,t Hl (, cheers . . II I , , And nuikes of Ufe a haimony. " t, - , .gill " That's "Humoresqae." ,s 9. . ! I ji II ft I ,a ' The night before he ha4 been the great musician, paying to tap- I llll I turcus thousands. Now he was just a plain old mother V'babyr" t . jajfl I mm tf j laying t iter ana me gin n ivoai. rajaiaps r. ncuid play no mm I rm 0 1 more nerhatis not seeethem aeain. . . Mm - I till! -- " I SOfie play4"Huinoresf4ue"Ahat laugh mi life, ith a tear ' J! J 1 Vhintl it and wasrone! Wfiere? Why? . ! . I I li pAfinGrg tthat tft$nds fte s1umand tlje avenue, tlie tKn and!e . ' I Ii , I Tlii T J Jfeusic, tn orrow nd'gmiles of life iaa happymelodycsignya . MM I 9 O lugs account without Jelling ""anunTr 22, at tbg, Honn ST.rorrry " o 9 ' a ff.rCarij. " - wne, .v ninioui icuing nel0;lu,fi q 2 o j p o ..ai,i w, ly...,., w. . . Ml It - ' O P C v o . . . JL.