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FTftDAY. JaXUAU? 28. 1921
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shed Dully and Weekly at La (irundepOrefctr., by . Crand? Bnlne
Observer I'ubllsWni; Coinuani'.
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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 .
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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 ''
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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.
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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
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. vv in vi inti 0u a mote, inc vaicaiesi or tu tnis ;
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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
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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
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a
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Entire Proceeds Go to Charity
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