La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 28, 1921, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextJ;5!.i -v. lit5 O G to Ktam FOUR ts GRAMS! E775I7H7Q FTftDAY. JaXUAU? 28. 1921 8 v nmRPT'NiiKivA' nkwqOipfto shed Dully and Weekly at La (irundepOrefctr., by . Crand? Bnlne Observer I'ubllsWni; Coinuani'. , a' r&rj0a Croiffle2 at La Grande. Oregon. a 8 Ami Claii ft all Matter $ o ft Add rem all ".'ommnniriytiris to . COS )HBVm. 14IS AdaWAve., La Grande, Orefoa. . CITf AUD COUNTy""oFFICIAL PAfE3 . . j Ob tola at fU lia-OrVon Hotel Hews Stnd, PorOonrfi'Irrfparlal Nw IWaU; ultnornah Hotel New. Htand,-PortlaieL j KMrciPTiofT hates' . : j 75c Jjaily! pf r nix nwitkl a $XP la u.j5 Daily, mnjie copy or Be Mail Daily, sat year lmaJea...... tV ""'I5'' "w '' - ' ..w. i k'f iMk ttmr nnuiita 7. ntl I Waalia Miae-Btar, L aialti rr year in advaaaa l-Gfl THE OFFICE. CAT J Vha AaaerlataA PVem ia eii'loelvrly eirtitiWil to It' Tor pnaiiraliafl m II Ma lieiMlrtMa erreStasI it arh.it. 4trw-.reit4 aHM. J". leTWa punished tfterain. All rig-lit. f ft - v i Afir at 1 i4t . ay. p-'npati tl i,w f aim r-eeereen. 'JLLV. . ... . J !g. 1 '.' Q ... w : Ml ial TO NKV.Vl'OIi ji.m:!0 . . On Manli 1, ti Unritini, yon will !' fiKii.!iU':tt.-l tii-Hi.li'h ..f tin' 1'itiM (Stat.-. Von will tlM-ii- li.'.nf tin- wi.il.IV f4iri iit..ht l ifizi H. aii.i.'tlir iwcr at your ci iimritl will I- mili"iit Car trr.at. i tliaii that of iitiy iitlii i- ivilil niUr of tlii lititli. . ftV )m-1m-v! tliiii you liavc tin; wrlfan- of all f,r our ". ',i..,it' at Iwart, twl 'that if is your 'aiiH-Kt lHtr to lo tliitt- which is host for tlii-m. . in tiiin l.'litf w I.CMt'.-li yon, Mr. niiMi;. to umc vour crewt. int'lin ni ami iwt f in an effort to dcvixi' n irtorf'sntisfm-tory nwniis of market intf fartn 'rolitets. '. The horde of iniilolei'neii aiul speenlators who are fa't telling upon , the !lif Wood of a linmlred million peoph! will oppose your effort .in .this direetion. They tlo not Avunt a uioi'c (tirert route frotn pi-oilityer to ultimate coin Mimer. lieiuiNe it would curtail thi-ir ill gotten if i fix. 1 Hut. we tu lieve the welfare of the jreat mass of the people is dearer to your heart than is that of the men 'who (ire nullifying the law of supply find demand. ; c helieve that it in within your pviwer to place a law upon tiir Ktatnte hooks of our. country that w ill give the .farmer n fair price for iis products, and yet afford the consumer an .opportunity to hmy them without paying extortionate priee.n. The i liiiiinatioti hy federal law of all speculation in foodstuffs, and the reduction of the uuiuhcr of hands ' through which the food must plisn, will, we helieve, solve this difficult proldeni. No rcjisonaMe -person could ob ject to a juice that is rcguiited solely by the law of sup ply and demand. If you accomplish thin one reform only during your fiur years of office the American people will be thrice Messed .that, you were elected their pn'sident. I FRIDAY, SATURDAY and-JC)NDAY H l a e e . ... 0 J U ! Y:n i ltO-r1 ah cli . . vv in vi inti 0u a mote, inc vaicaiesi or tu tnis ; ! ''... ! v -.V -fot J92IV .:. J e w . ' . . . I Have: You SKarctl in Its Offerings) ' ' . A-H:r.MiA fix. Dear Cjistomer . , , .Sdmc mia-vatt used the Ctfficp .Cat'a typewriter u few days auo I woke off a letter that ix t cssitjulj in inn iienurimtM. or u-liaht as Xv otlwe it the alvhaliat. . Wt, ar.. alur ed i the ulfoitufute preiliritmvtt of Hot U4t albe to- ti-ll a hut. letter if la but wMrhever lotter should be xuli atlt'utMl. hereif Cor trie dollar w is the of itiat is inijui.. Ultil d- I n-jairs are made the Office Cat to l kiiidicamwd. This i the oly excuse we.have to offer for the $itapirara4ce of this cuunii for tie past few dura. You cut u,ler stad just how wo are hagdirupurd ea are just as sorry as yai nre. more so. You'll have to uar- do the way .this affair looks today. We rat's help it. ' JI.III.US. ItlllM tiKTOrt. II spite of the strike of the letter- well, that which .follows the letter "M' o the Offiee, Cat's t yw write r the followilK tle$ is atflimitted suli- ject to the tyiioKiaphical pitfalls everytiii(r: A l.a Grade housewife had adver tised it the puier for a few maid. The advertisement had beet iserted for two days ad ut the e$d of that tlaie the womat camo back to the of fice with u request that the ad be coftitucd. "Iid you stn some renlies to this ad?', the advertisiftf maaer nsked courteously. Well, there was o$e womat at swered it," the lady replied. "Hut' the first ihi'tK she did whe she came to see me was to look me over" care- fully aid the? remark Calt.ishly '. well, you're fat are$'t you?' SO ow 1 wl the ad ru$ atai$." TWENTY - SIXTH .t port iti'rri:u si'KUiiNti The ancient-art. of spelling Is to re ceive more attention frem now on i the University of Illinois. Niaxtudenl will be iriven a decree who cannot pass the spellina; tasta. Thia-points iu activity alona; u line neediiiK at tention everywhere. ' Out (if aMr studenie who took a. apellinit test at the . university the other day, l.KI failed to make art v erafre of 110 per rent. The list vom prisett wnrda in common use but of ten iiiispellrd. Ainnnic them were: Inasistihle, misspelled by. 120 nut cif 1,'iU; enhilurote, mu.ipalled by 111; playgrounds means that investment in citizenship is puyinn increasingly lai'iru returns. AN KM- IS WIFM ' . J'kOVENt A bill introduced in the Kansas leg iUltuir by a womus member pro vides that a wife may assume the sta tus of an employee in her own hoine. This, under the 'lute workmen's com pensation act. would entitle he; to dumuircs tor injuries sustained in the performance of her housework. Under the pioposed meusure the husband villain, by Hi; dining room, by 67 ; 'beeomes the employer. The sponsor " . . . I ..a -tl.. kill iki..l.. la ...ill rmliurruK, by i"4, and rhrumutism by fill. The outlook would not be to daili if the ulsive words were the only ones .pillcil inriirrecUy every day. Hut Intsini'ss men everywheie can testify that simple words of one syllable ure f the bill thinks it will pass Iteconition of housework aa lattor, and us fraught with hazard at that, is certainly coming on.. After the cen turies .in which wives have biirneil and sprained und luiurd und wm'ked tlit'initelves and still lieen mere itlle t.ntured out of their shnne In their Iparasrtra feeding uptm their laboring offlres rontinuiilly, by pie whojbuslMinds, this measure u rrvolutioo- nre supposwl to have at leat the jury. ' "Uivleiit of ah eirhth-gruile i-.luc-1 How will the. opHsition meet the . tion," end wh l have .toppul off with 'sitiiiftioil ? .Will it deny that hou.e- .louge- tn. a ronimercUkl etturse especially ile eigned to fit them for office uk. Moiterfi personal rorrosptiriiieMce be ttuys a like weakness. If the institutions whose lnisines woj-k ia lubtir, and then biixmi? Or will Jt acknwleilge it industry, yet refuse ta. this elasa of workers the coinpensutitin allowel to iithers'.' Or will it take the stamt 'it is tu'tisin the youth of .today aie,'hut n wife is a voluntary partner beginning to take sl p to eoneii tms in the household concern, and hen.- evil, all may yet lie well, otherwise annot chiim damuges ns an employe? correct speliirti: will immiii he 'numbered I It's u pleasing prospect, aven for With the lost arts. . Hut (he reform:!- Utitte whirtl is used to weird legisla tion houlil not tie left fur rollegs .iluys - tion. K giil many ie.pla never get to col lege. Stalling iiei'ds more attenlinii Itway l,0rk 'in the. grade school. Till: I'AYIMS IMiAY-t.KiMMi. Tin' hli.li prlru of coal Is !n, o'l ciMii-jse, iu the lari that more ciwl was inlii.il hist r than evr be. fiire. The Keal olll law Of pilce' pievious car.;a.l)llslmelil lo stipply ami ileitiailit ulanys works. 1nt4 ia .Una cuae. I It.is winked the consumer. A fit which- has devoted consid er.'i'bU lime and money to the devrlop Uiriit iif its playground system re poits an ijirrairse if Ml- per I'ent in the numlwr of childi.vn attenalititf in III20 over that of the Other rinf iniun it ie report 'era larg-' r gain.. Mecaitse' of what oi gunn el -i-rr;tOvn ,vin1lishes, tlifse quirts' ar.e important. , 't'tie public Blaygroun4 vs oitin- a'l intnte.l le piovid a. play spotitlwit) .k.t fK t"r etiiUtrtn aiei liar no i, ie' fin, but th atieit. Today it is i jHK-d(f a!:l-t to alily. of Turing as 'it does a jiluce vhere tin children Of the neigniiornu.ni ('igregate,. lltlder tritlli suprrvie-r ion, nml i't drily play but learn how to play, and how to associate with their fellows in th trua epul of ' Candy worth Isiiil.iuro.iinn Is eaKn every year In Oi t'ulted , Slut) s" 'siis' a slullsiieaii. Which means. tte 'sns, thai during 'th'. jlnsl coujile of ai.'s 'the roUniiy has Ihoii sliemlilii; tlnl llllll.lin A t'IO. ! iioii.iioii itir VaiKlv. -s- e ItoollegKersi rantiat safely I 'ton eiileipMsinK- -k Kn:in-. (Ii if the re'jniy t!rm- te h Ui itvaw aed g;,t time f,n: L-.n .rn he asked the same aitor.lef to la Mtie. il, w. a all ff but the big f re and jail. Thus, a hu.i.fing ni,i ilmsrness ileal was nipped by Ik ma. tliind Telegram. B Therlre lOild is kept out of im mediate mischief, Und there he lerts auiviftstive ideas for lynuseWelit that wllfoffset many an adverse influence? There he learns the rule of th game. nnd lenrns to Wspeet ty riefcts . Ulrsm others 9nd the bligntion of thel ,iilv.i atjong to look out for he weak, ye becomes a heQer citiienopresent'aiid t onslneren Aniahnssndor Uuvts says tii t.on don J" 0) roatlng him tlnre times as much a hii saluig. and so ahtviii :'.u,ooa a year ia coioIiik ogt of his own wki4 No woniler hu ta will lug to (lint. ' froTn thn! point of Can II t possible "Ojat Si nsloi jonnson naa any ' eroiial In ri:liiK that national presWenll.il piriimry l.i view, lereased attevrtn ut Lite oilier!, disarm. It has rima) 9 laa .-ro t ti . big narnl byvQiO) ni dar iirs S h STAKTLINU STATISTICS. 0ly oe plumber i$ every seveStv- six take all his tools with him when; ho starts out o$ u job. WK I.RAVE IT TO YOU. Ma wa$ts but little here 'below, At alcielfl poet told us so; .' lie's lining all he should expect, If he ca.f make both clfds co.ec!. ADMIUA'ITO.V. 1 have always Admired ( llrautiful wome$. My wife has Always admired lttellecttl-.il wome$. Thus we have Seldom admired The' same womc$. Joh$ Alter. SUys- that ewry fathei likes to tell his boys how his daddy used hi whale the lar out oT him if he oprted his mouth whet he Was a hay. T. J. Seroggita was fellitg Chas. Ifurdilg the other day ns how that ery time you ear n chap say: "Thai's the kifd of u mat T am," it's a good bet that somebody has "put oife over i him.-' If all tb fish stories fisherrur. tell wen- true there would lie So fo,i, shortage. Baby may $ot H,,vv what puts tin tick, i father's tew watch; but father ktows it's the ' jeweler's ttitg-timr L-iedit system. Whet the mdotshife' shed, thi-rets n weavifj k-k-k-kitch.'t door. . if the- cow pnth tn - tin At apple a day( it the fnrm of hard cider) keeps the doctor Uvl his pre tcriptiol hlntk.s) away. BELIEVES IN FREE TEXT BOOKS FOR ALL To The Oliservi-r' unit All l aii llinit-'it Citlrens; 'I'liis .we! been npe of oratory' and mar-ViM-InC of forcrs ona way or atieti--ar Sa'leia and I .am ery imicii n, ot'd tn two tii I Is up a- -In-tlaw. Manse III It No, r.a. r.. slate wnrt leat books, ill,. ,mi,r aaaaia Hill Kit. 121. a bilt i.tr lariat ttar course or study ami :v" -aaessaai. esp-rUlly ' as r-'l'.uli;,; i 41. Itislory anl Civil t:oivrntit- it a lap rnpellliig -teachers t,o MK tM.Isite, exatiitnaiions'-- as pnMi setool tearaeni hrive in ial- in ,ii! prlviaie, Ai-notulnuiional or iparo, htji vboolai At s Pendleton tn lctoher Slat Federation ot Labor w.)li ,n it-cord in farer of the liee i.-m hooks. -liii lj we us woikiiiK l pie think to be proper, hut mm ci-rjlea fenal till) Ml resubilins all Isehqola In the state whiUi rl.i.s- s tuld1' rprlrate detioiutniiHitn or pit roehln I choos on the iciiue h.i -.Is i.u ,oat of Ihe cyn.-e as Hie pulih, si hoots. bu!dies not proiid.- Cn f-eitj,aytt books for said 'bonis hk, uliat whbt as railed for in tl:w',-a . t Annual January CI earance Sale ENDS MONDAY, JANUARY 31 ij ....yi erectliii; and maintaining so sue cessfully Jhelr privoile denomiiiutlon al or iiaroelilal sebools nre not now have -Veen worrying about -pay ing rtliei Is! share of the tuxes tu keep Ihe piihlle sehool running or allow ing the per capita from alate mon si'iy( loward them eilher. Hut when Hie school ofriclals ure com. Iieiled by law ui regulate, said pri vate- schools as to their courses or study and otherwise they nre no longer private, and should bo en titled ...to - lira 'privilege of. Rolling text books oh an miual footing will tho public schools. If I.Ik- text book 1)111 Is not amend ed tit rend all elementary Bchoots comprlHliiK Ihe first night, grades I' will be a travesty up Justice that n ill eaiiHft widespread dissatisfac tion, raxing the people tor some thing that we will, ntij ullow them to use is another- lloslon ea parly proposition. No. doubt but "Eternal vigilance U Ib price of liberty,'.' therefore 11 .sijudu us in hands as American citi- .,-ns to see to H tliut our schools iinlu a certuin . Hlandurd of trnln na so our little pi-oplo will at least inuu tli-i. rudiments of ' democracy mil get a good .Itnuwledge of I. S. History, but 1 object lo Boeing a itixen with a. lawful- but different ilea penalized for being brave iiotiKh to differ from others, and iiihi.ild Ins.. or hor idea;- ay. having i pay a tax for- free ivxt hooks, ud not be al'owed lo use them. 'Itesijiecrfiilly Yours, j. C. MUaniY. MART ATTEND . MASQUERADE SUMMEMVILI-n, Jan. 28. The Masquerade given at trie Masonic Hull lust Friday night was well at tend sd. John Wuggoner served sup per to the dancers. Ida Standley is spending the week with Mrs. W. L. Ilnle. Mr. and Mrs. M. I. McRae and Clara Fries were among those-from La Grande who attended the dance here last Friday. The Odd Fellows installed officers last Saturday evening. After the regular session of lodge, refreshments were served. , Mrs. T. A. Choate is visiting friends in The Dalles. Lust Saturday, C. M. TTule deliver- is better at this writing. ed a couple of truck loads of sheep in Im Grargle for the Park Proihers, Jack lyers, from Idaho, is visiting relatives in this section. Mr. Myers is u brother of Mrs. Wm. Cantrell.. liuth Roberts was visiting lust Fri day with Dorothy Bet-m. W. A. Daniels spent several days lost' week with his family, but has again .returned to his work with the E. 0. Lumber Co.,- ut Enterprise. Last Thursday, Mr. ami Mrs. Ijtndo Westenskow, of Imhler, came over to spend a few days with Mrs. Westen- skow's mother, Mrs. Delia Hfeffer- korn. Mrs. Logan Reom was called to Ln Grande last Monday evening to be with her daughter, Dorothy, who had to undergo an operation - for abcesses in the ears. Walter Fisher and Ella Wnitcomb spent last Sunday ut Frank Sion's home on Pumpkin Ki'dge. Mrs. Wm. Choate, who has been confined to the huuse fur some time, Otto Ott is' suffering with tonsilitis. (iustel Pfefferkovn, whose home is near Wordland, Idaho, is visiting relatives and friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Mary. MeKenzie has gone to California to spend the winter. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ingram and Mrs. E. Fisher were visiting last Sun day at the home of Chas Oswald. . it is reporter! that Fay Hamilton has the scarlet fever, but is getting along nicely. , Miss Mirium Wheatley, who has been visiting ut.thc home Of Frank Ott, has returned to La Grande. Mr. A. C. Ingram, who has been seriously ill with scarlet fever, is slowly improving. Mrs. Ingram is now down with the suime disease. They are under the care of Dr. Vehrs, ot Elgin. Mr. and .Mrs. V. E. Long, Mr. Pratt and Mr. Ferguson were among thye front Imbler who nttendnl lodge hern last Saturday evening.- Mr. Shaw is now moving into T. A. Choate's home in the north end of town. t ii -m fcif Benefit Matinee The Excellent! of HOOVER EUROPEAN RELIEF SOCIETY January 29 AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M. BUY A TICKET i -hoola. Nov l0 a)-op. le that hare h.-n . ! Onmille" isi the j Ii'ivWt )rrftvtitm' of : ttirt front luee Nrft, ' insuriiic troautiful front ( npifo J-inrs as- wYlJ an j , tlu' fri-art'-rul ktok. "Lii iThitllV tVmrU .1 re 'inaik in 4 bvaiiy -. (Jir'fVri'nt jmnlfU.-tliiit-, ewry tje. -of, fignt ma v ?e perfeetly fitted, ' whethj're tall,' sbort; j pluuip, slt'fitler pr un evenly pitvpvrtioneta. A eoniflete Uu al witys on Ib'tiiJ- . MrsV RoWPattison Ooretler, -t ? J?A2 FourA Stroet i'lne Blali 81 Save a Lif Entire Proceeds Go to Charity ARCADE and SHERRY'S THEATRES . .1 .: 'M " 8 a a (Si 0.1 o 0 0 " U a V ! 0 . 0 (0 - s I a . a,-, - ? - e.V.v.....03