,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.