La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 07, 1921, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextopAGE FOTTB E2B GEAMJ3 . EVEinUG OBSEF.YE2I MONDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1921 .3. -ST e o PS Pubisbedely and WeeUy t I Grande, trregcn, by L Grand Evening 01 rvr SjbJlHliing- Conmapy AWt t)(trTBt Itrand Orcgoi. as SeccnifClaM Mall Matter . . - . 9 IiIiImh all fnnimnnicati'TH 0 B. 1410 AaM AUu U tirrjj.. .K. fficiami-or At iukt a aa-Cm Hntal N 8lnd, ror'.lan d j lmVW Ncffa k'aaai. fn-la;' llaawainaf uoiei owwu u,i.au. . ! . tCMCIlPTION RATK8 I. farrier fiat aaali 1 -7rc Daily, p'r six mon'.ha la advanea H JTST IT. ,i.n. La.iLa 12.2 Daily, niniflu copy 5 Ttaiv, . ..r I. adfiM M.00 I'r.ily. thr.ie aiontha In advaaca....i.5 UUlj ii. moM m advaape.....1.00 , faily. per month... WailW (A-urw'-Str, by mall, par year In advance ninxn rtr twnrl ATF.U PR FSB ' Tka Aiwortate. Preiis ia exclusively entitled tp for publleatle ef rl aews dispatches creaitca 10 it or noi !" . i r-'i : Si. ThVloci! new. published therein. All right, of rt-publ.cat.oa oi apeciaJ 1 dispatches litre are also reserved. ..lill .....1.00 ' a vmilTIMI YKAIi. .......cvlll.. (la., like niiiiiv another town in tlio South iftS ImviiiK a hard time of it just now, hut is far from discouraged, liistead of facing the coming year with .loiilit and irloom. ( 'artcrsville is getting ready for ,.,.,... It. is m.hiir :t'o he 11 fisrlit'm "year," says the Tribune-News, expressing Hie inililtant spirit of its citi 9.tlM. ' ' "Tlie fiirhters will net. their farms, their stores, their hanks, their factories on hedroek and will get 11 long lead ,,vm' ifie wenkliiiL'slhoso who hack into their .shells ami wait. "The merchant who quits buying and advcidising and : pushing his husiness is surrendering to the alert oppie sit ion. "He may think' he is waiting, hut he is not; he has Wilt. "The fariner who holds to the dead corpse of high price expectations, frets1, complains and waits, is out of . . . - , . .I . '1 . 1 ...i. . . t'lio running, 'it is ine man who is piamiug, prunui stunidiiL'. ditchiiiLr. cleaniinr un and hustlini: who will ho ahead of the game next fall." 5ully for Cartersville I Any town that accepts that gospel i.s1 hound to succeed, regardless of wlialt. is going on 111 Europe or lushington or anywhere else. I lie .TrihiUM'-Mews sinus up the situation in these pungent paragraphs, which ought to he puhlished and taken to iicnrt in every city in America: "There is husiiu'ss, but only tltose who hustle will get It,4 "The soft, tho timid, the chicken hoarled will fall out. ' "The growler will not get hy. "The hears will get the douhler. "We're not resting. "W'o're not hacking off. "We're going through!" TiriO ftUAL TiEPATtA TJON BUM. ' The vast sum proposed for (ivi man ropurution hus resulted in a vL nniount of misunilci'stnndinK. I'cnp'c who weld expeclintt pcrhnps $15,000, 000,000 or fJO,000,000,000 to 1)0 fined n thn total of (iui'mnny's finiuu'lul llnbility to the Allies were astounili'd when they reud that the paymitnts were to total $r,r,,(IO,0(l(),(l()0 In roM. Most of the comment still heard anil reud dwells impiessivoly upon thosn figures. '. An nnnlysla of the terms, However, shows that the fr,()0().U(IO,(l(IO ia not, an pearly evcryhoily at first assumed, the principal to be paid. It is tho sum tntnj of annuities representing prin cipal and Interest toKether, exteiulhiK over a amortization period of 42 years. There nrc to be two annuities of yMO, '0(10,01)0, three of $7&0,0(0,000, three of $ I, (100,000,000, threo of $1,250,000, 000 nnil ML of $U.O(1,000,000. Ger many Is iinrnjittad to pay these an nuities in advance, 'or discount them. at Uie rate of 8 per cent for the first man on tiny subject was wor $ll0, 000. i The students of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, recently beaded ji,.. Wilson to reverse his decision and ac cept the offer, donating the money to tneir endowment lund. It is not likely that the President will change' his mind, lie wuuld probably feel that such an uition Hinacked too much of doing evil that good might come. 'Ihe money might be acceptable to the endowment fund in question, but in his simple decision refusing to cap italise, his official position, President Wilson gnvo to the wholo nation a finer bequest than any money could be. In an age given over to unwhule- some commercialism, in literature as in oilier things, it was like a breath of fresh air to have a man refuse a big money offer on the ground that the prnpuMNl product was worth it. mjGENE. J''eb. 7. Judi'e J. W Hamilton, at Koscburg, has issued u , permanent injunction agu'! theU j C hester company, prohibiting it ' construing- tuberculosis ho.pii"l J M the banks of the North Umpouiij river, Tbia ia tb outcome y Ibc ca: 1 instituted by Ur. Kater J'ohl l.ovj'i;;, k.f.Portlii, to'asevent thi insiitu.ion -.oin tcifl bad neu the eny w:aei si'ircc oi suly and he- udjidnin hlpti:y. Ncm of the coipnn o. ficials appearad against the injunction and ormigeia'eats have len mad fm tho t nvli I'ctiea of the hospital. ''' liug?:e. . ' TWO WfEW HALLS ARE OPENED AT WILLAMETTE U. SALEM. Feb. 7. -Friends of the uni versity were given an opportunity to visit the newly completed i.ausano and Waller Halls Friday, when the board of trustees of the university was in Salem Tor its scmi-annuai meeting. Lausanne hull, the womwi dormi tory, will house 120 girls And is mod ern in all respects. The foundation for the bu Id nL' was laid a year ago on the site of the old Lausanne nan which was razed by the student body upon the assurance that a now struc ture was immediately forthcoming. Th cost of the building is in the neighborhood of S 100.000. Waller hull, the "historic tempie of campua tradition, which was pur- tially destroyed by fire a little more than a year ago, has been completely relmill within the old bricK wans, ine hall is a four-story structure. THE OPFICE.CAT My Jl'NUIS I'O.MI'-.. 'TIs unity questions of this ilk, Thul I am pronv lo uiler, "Why Ih It eoefiiinutH give milk. Since peanuts give us Imiter?" ' '. V . Let's hoii that prohibition, like whisky, will-; IniiiniVH Willi age. Washington folk doutblHss fee) like the fi ling who was all ilroKsei) up and iiuwhere to ko. i , - a 1 1 1 " r I.OOK ItEAD THINK ACT I "Vou want to succeed. We an train youtp succeed. One year ago' we enrolled many young people 0:i Un noj auccessful. Others hesitnted ! un yet nrave Wo chaaye for advance-1 ment. Wht ar Oyou g'fMflf ft do? If u ant nrofitable oemnlnvnient i the year around, enroS next Mondnv. , vuu ..i..D..a o l ... , oic uiKiuKeu eain wees.) Baker business CoIIchk. Phane 1:11, 1 linker. Oregon. ' I ' 2 5-eod. IT.h la a Take throe. tif Cnamberlaia'a Tab teta and a quic recovery is certain. -Adv. For Sale! 00 ACRES w.ell improved, good build-j ings, irrigated, on main road, and) uniy s mnes irom town. Thia is a, splendid dairy proposition, or in fact, can lie used for anything, as the soil is first class, and there plenty of water. The price 'r $300 per acre.- Might consider a small tract of good land in Canadn as pai l I payment. , j ii". . - III ' " T mi 8HERRIFS AND ASSESSORS MUST BE DOG CHASERS OI.YMPIA, Wash., Feb. 7. Sheriffs and assessors are not too dignified to be dog chasers, the senate decided la.-l week in refusing to repeal tno dog cense law. T'h public defender hill was defeuted. The house passed the measure allowing libraries to ho es tablished in Spokane and Pierce e (un ties, already passed by the senate. Fraternal insurance solicitors outside of the jurisdiction of local Unices will come under state insurance laws, act ording to house bill 88, passed by th. house Thursday. Municipally Owned Utilitiea Cared For In BUI In Senate SALEM, Fob. 7.-Scnators Hal! and Eberhurd today introduced a bill pro viding for municipally owned utilities tu come under the Jurisdiction of. ibc public service commission and for n- leterminnteil franchises to be gre.nted to utilities, a contingency of whith would be an option to the municipality to huy the utility. FARM TI1IMF Illinois farmers hftvn started a movement to force down the high price of farm machinery. According ..... .... m. ...,.. ..n . " """" " y "-' "IHIOIS It can be easily computed by any one able to figure problems in iutei'est that the real principal involved is on ly about $20,000,000,000. Take that sum, compute the interest on it at the rates 'fixed for the periods given, and it will amount, nt the end of 42 years, to tho $&!,000,000,000 determined UP: on. Ths is not an unfair basis of es- timnl. I,n,iikia thn flaniaires due fromi.. . ' ' . . .. ".,. i ... I "'is plan, r aimer (erniuny may ue iuuy iuuuiv,i due now, or indeed, as having been due already for some time. It can hardly bo argued, icrerore, ing to "patch up their old binders With u bolt here and a rivet there, they are going to use the same cul tivator ami plow, until the price of farm machinery follows corn and wncat. Quite aside from the justloe ef their dissatisfaction and their fight ag:iiust machinery manufacturers, there ure a number of commendable features in have always been notoriously careless with their ma chinery. Plows ami cultivutors, mow ing machines, hinders, rakes ami n'h e.r important implements have V ..,'.' ,V, f..r i"'rt ""'l""s in all sorts of weather oi pressivc and Impossible as he (.er- j jf ino n mans maintain, ii tney na.i e rs...;. , ,. ,,.uh , .. ,, , foreign loan, the , ,.(, T.. ...'.". or could raise It bv u Allies would cheerfully enough uccept Ihe $20,000,000,000 ' In full payment, Instead of the 42 annuities provided. The extension of the, period of pny- and unrepaired. This was wasteful enough In the dsys before the costly farm tractor and the gas eng.lne arriv ed to niake farming more efficient. It would lie iufinitelv worse if allow,'. I ... ; i . an .. ! " meni. win.n ... .'--. ,( i-oxtinue with the same care'es. ine Versailles utwu ...... Iieen intended s favor to Gormany. Those twenty billions, while burden some, are a small sum in comparison wilh the loss Germany; deliberately Inflicted upon the Allies, and are prob ably not beyond the power of Ger many to pay. The 1.2 per cejil tax lev led on Coimun exports for a period of 41 years is another mutter. That lax is what constitutes the really un expected burden, and It Is upon that. If upon anything, that liermany iii liase n legitimate objeciiss. 'A POINT OF OK. Not long ngrf President 'ilsnn ra raived from nn unnamd maei a oTfor of JiriO.Oial for a articla on any subject ne might choose, 'ffie nly rendition whs that 11 shouW lie (! first uk of hisVn after he 4V-fr the jy. White Olouse. we rettised ine oner, laying (hat no nilft lc written by iyiy handling of mwleni machinery, Hut the farmers themselvA hav come to see the 'value ef prompt re pair work. One ngriuiUural assucin- lion h'is inaugurated farm nia'-'linerv repair weeks dm ing the win'er f u ttia especial pupose. This kind of thrift muy prove so profit.i'i'e ih.il- iney win save enougn to pay any reasonable price asked for the new ciHiii'Hieirt they are now bittinc sernl. , o A Vienna ahyeician announcev tht V c rt youth to women hv plaviBv tike I ri( iisua lhw. ok, the mitth i4,aors! Fiit (h naie ri of tVa mea ami the'a they j4e lit of tHe women. Iglee Has Advantage. An Igloo Is nerhapa the best einra pl of house that conforms, to the urroondlugs to be found the wide world over. They say the Igloo U rather cramped for room, but ou the other band Hie high cost of living can have little effect ou the price of "build ing materials" within the arctic circle. And to the explorer the glimpse of an Ice hut ibronah a, gathering storm must seem uiore Inspiring than a buu- areu boulevards to a city dweller. Education. " science constant appeal Is inn t Individual reason. Its truths are not accepted upon, authority nlqne,: but all are m liberty to test, them: nsy, lu imiuv eases, the puplT la r quired to tbluk out tile own conclu aluns. Kvery itep In s scientific con elusion Is iubuittled to hi Judgment. He It not asked to aUuilt It wllhoul eelns It i be true. Aud, the trust In his own powers, thus produced U further Increased by the constnnc? Willi which uulure justifies his cou elusions when they are correctly drawn. From all blch there Hows teat Ipdepeudviic which la a must valuable element In character. -Her bert iipeaeer. Primitive Plna. The enrlleit kind of plus, or of pikes serving the same purpose a pins, were probably Itaorus er the mull bones uf tUh and other aulmnls. Among tbt remains touud ou the situs f prehistoric luke.Uelllngs uf Hu ron tlive are a number of bone pins, ome of rude and olhers of an elegant form. The great majority of the plua In these "Onus" are. however, of hronie; but a few of copper ami oua of Iron have also been tllautvered. 'erouplne N Mean Fee. ' De(i have to be well used to the werk of hearing porcupines or they have do chance, A porcupine will stop suddenly In full Hl(bt and ss It' were.' lastaoiaoeously reverse engines, and coui charg'iiai '"H Vaknardv The baat 1K4 1 ever had. a hull terrier, was Ma this' trick. Re was absolute ly whout feet a4 slaiply threw hliu tf apon the advaadsg avalauche 0 splkea. and mm hi r4ac siear. til rlbt tbrvuh the heart. 1 inu as sure ten Sun 1 1 04 ei'rcupliiet Is n'gt ( OH a avert te to eVeiplseak k:achanjv - . f.ucy "uge (iuslon aayssThnt cigaret- saioking vefll destroy women s beau- She is wgong. Time kills wo. , iiuins lieauty, anil clgwci-smomng Pills timB, BTii!e cos)jrs aphittera away ova er the'arpropriatia o Mt,(s)i for a spcrt.icular iiieiiurttion, Seiui'S.i Hording sajs: "Seep.ihe manry. just inaiiKtirate me ,n the ' front J. A. Arbticklo says that most u (try body likls li hco It snow. Kilt alter II snows nearly everboily sIui'Ik Mwoe.plng it away. The fact thai Lennle Is sick (iocs not cause 'lire world lo worry near as much ntf wbon Lennie is well. Hai clink's Idea of nn luaiigura ilon is a severe 'jolt 10 people who'd like lo cul n hot hamburger while watciung ine eeivmonies. WE HAVE Another tract a little clos-1 er in on a paved road, with no im provements, except that the same is in alfalfa, at $1100.00 per acre. Small payment, good terms. WE HAVE An 80-acre tract, no build ings but all good land, and in cul tivation, tt miles from town at $125 per acre. Small payment and long . time on balance. What Is yohr line or business? I'm a t-t.t-teacber. What kind? 1 k-k-k-k-enre siuilerlns. WHO 1 AN TlXL. . soda water man temperance man by by The phiz.' The no's." The conceited man by his "I The surveyor hy his "feet.''' Tho employer by his "hands.' The soldier by his "arms." Thn miser by bis "client." The dairyman by his "calves.' bl his I wonder If Thomas A. Kdlson Is anything of an aihleie? Well, I hey suy he h.-.s made some wonderful records. Who, inquires Ihe Elkhnrl Truth, first Ihoughl of mulling the gal in Miloushcs? HAPPY Nl;V VKAH. (From Ihe Alma, Kan., Enterprise) Sugar Is: down i.o eight or' ten cents and cnnily Is sllll $1.C0 a pound. Fat cnttlle nre seven conls and beefsteak Is 4 0 cents. Hoes are nine conls and' bacon is 50 cents. Merry Cliriutinns. Peace oil earth, good will to men. WE HAVF. Another 80-acre tract 8 miles from town, just fair buildings, j n deep well, on a good road, and all 1 'm cultivation, for $10,500. Small! payment and reasonable terms. Ml 1R0 ACRES, 4 miles from the town of North Powder, 240 acres of this in cultivation, 120 acres of it now in Full, Wheat, the balance is all good pasture land, small creek through the place, good buildings. The price is $15,000.00. Purchased could as sume the indebtedness, which is ubout $0,000, and present owner would consider taking another prop erty, for his equity. Prefers some thing on the order of a stock ranch with plenty of outside range. 1 1 THE NEW FOR SPRING DRESSES, SUITS, COATS and SKIRTS "iii! ill 3 ll -Ar having lln'lr Ini tial showing here this week.- Onr assorlmenlH of Presses and Skirts are unusual Tor such an early showing. Suits and Coats are arriving every day. Distinctive "PVRgy Putfe" and "Peter Pan" dresses for early show-InB- tir?. F'or the miss, as well as her mother, wo arc showing Dresses, Suits and Coals. A cordial Invitation is extended to you to view thK8 early showings this week npllce our windows. More than a month ahead of F.asler. The Quality Store WFJ HAVE A 4-aere tract Just outside , of the City Limits, with good house, barn, and large hog sheds. The price is $.1500, and the buildings and improvements are worth this money. Only takes six or seven hundred dol lars in cash to handle this. liu..-- . 'Ilefined Dancing Every Nighl Kxcopt. Mniiday," says an advertise ment. Wo export lo al lend on Mon days only. HAVE. A nice small residence on Adams Avenue, $2400.00. FINE Residence, best location on Sixth Street, $4,000.00 COME AND REE US FOR PROPER TY OF ALL KINDS .. SECURITY LAND & SAVINGS CO. J. F, Phy, Manager. Toilet Face Creamsr We still have some )yhite Ivory of Our "Violet Cream" for the hands, all kinds. We are still selling It at and for roughness ot the facs is super- less than the factory sells it for, be-' ior to any cold cream or vanishing cause we are overstocked. This is an cream and it costs you much less mon- i honest statement and we can quickly Py only 37c a, bottle. It has been a convince you 01 it. lou can save great and leading seller for more than 40 years. Sold by us only. Silverthorn's -Family Drug Store. 2-7-tf. It paya to advertise. one-third of the former price paid by buying now from us. FAMILY DRUS STORK WA aRANDK.ORtaON. 2-7-tf. I'm going to marry a poor girl mid settle down. lienor marry n rich girl and set tle up. Did you enjoy summer? No, I look my your, vacation last wife nlong. day. My wife makes soup pevery .My wife uses canned soup. Are t In cans'! healthy? I don't know I never nlo any. - . ! .Thrp nrn smim unrry Fnclish-.' inrn tvno sift ;t Mttio wsidrt ugaiust I&enmin. 1 . ? THE aiG SALE IS ON My entire stock going at. a great sacrifice. Get your bargains nw! Every Man's Stove ML A Chinlund 1309 Adams Ave. IT REBMS TMPOSSTT3LE. THAT ONE LONE MAN Could le of such service to our com mini ity. We liavo showed you how a luurmn Immu can almost get groceries first-handed. Now for the poor cow, lini'su and chickens they ivcctI protedtioit' also; from now on we have added GROCERIES FOR YOUR STOCK Hy the sack or less. It don't cost me miip. penny to handle this1 side line. 1 said 011 the start, no expense's for me and I'or your sake, T still stay with., , it., (lovernnieiit .12-11). hacon is the talk, of La (Ininde, at uhis cheap-run Al- 'ley store.: You won't .wonder how we do it, when you see how .it is done, f'oine to me for Spuds; can siiow yon also how to gain $1.00 per harrcl on High Patent Flour; can show you how to eat Onions and Apples', that won't give you nor your cash the cramps. When lain Imsy, help yourselves. .Mrs. .Tones calls: this the "Haphazard .Store." There is help fm.r you on the paved alley, rear N. K. West, front of I'emiey's. W. S. ALLINSON Originator and Promoter. '- ' anMwrjHMaajroaaMBrjaaarai GREATER VALUES- CRISCO- . 1 lb. 23c; 3 lbs. GCc; 6 lbs. $1.26; 9 lbs. $1.93 Bob White Soap, 10 bars 73c Luna Pure White Laundry Soap, 20 bars $100 Light House Cleanser,' 3 large cans 29c Our Best Kitchen Broom 83c Lux Washing Powder, 2 pkgs 25c Tvory Washing Powder,' package 10c Dutch Cleanser, can "uc ' Citrus Washing Powder, Urge "package"-""..29c '' ' WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF THE FRESHEST GROCERIES IN TOWN 30 MINUTB DELIVERY SERVICE WHY PAY MORE. PHONE B3C51 . HARRIS GROCERY TURN THE CoVvKfi AT CARR'8-ONE BLOCK A"CR0SS THE TRACK 0N FIR" ST ponjj and ftt itg o ut that." - a w a r a -"a . a a. --. a, ' a . O o . m . . B ..... . ............ ... ; .... . . a o , , r.'rVa...a.. aaaaaMaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaMaiaaaMa-- . . a , . ..,- ..-.-': v 4 - "