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LA GRANtE EVENING OBSERVER
WEDNESDAY, 'MARCH 30. 1921o
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THE OFFICE CAT
By JUNIUS
UREGONRELIEF
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THAT ROAD TO COVE.
The road to Cove must be built this season. Union county
hns talked for years and years and years about doingr this very
job, and the people of Cove for years and years and years have
been marooned in miyd throughout the winter and spring seasons.
Bonds have been voted by Union county for highways and
now is the time for the road construction. The technical feature
of the bonds not selling for par and the interest rate as prescribed
by law may be overcome very properly in two ways. One is to
let the bond agent have a "service charge, and the other is to
advertise for the work and let contractors bid, taking the bonds
at par. Both plans were discussed at the Tuesday luncheon and
the latter plan seems far the best, for with the transaction as
above stated Union county will have finished its part of the deal
r.nd the contractor can proceed to dispbsd of the bonds to bond
buyers or keep the bonds, as he sees fit.. The debt will have
. been paid with bonds according to the strict interpretation of
tho law. ' -
According to several who advanced this plan at the meeting,
tiiis is the course outlined a year ago, and seemed to meet with
general approval. .'. .'
, But should the former plan of allowing a service fee to bond
dealers be adopted, we believe Union county people will register
no objection, but it does leave the matter lit more or less of an
unfinished state because the court is then open to litigation by
ny dissatisfied citizen who might see fit to start either injunc
tion proceedings or after the work was finishud he might bring:
action against the county court as a court and each member per
sonally, alleging that the spirit and letter of the law had not
been carried out.
It seems to the Observer that the plan to pay for the work
in bonds is a clean-cut and simple way of handling the situation.
But whatever is finally determined, the Cove road is on the
way right now and nothing can stop it, for public sentiment is
plainly behind the movement, as shown by Tuesday's meeting,
and what public sentiment demands usually happens.
The court is very much in favor of building this piece of road
and all that it has ever demanded was assurance of sound ground
upon which to proceed.
CHUUCHILL AND THRIFT.
When State Superintendent Churchill admonished the teachers
in convention in La Grande last week to teach the lessons of
thrift in the schools, he started the circuit that is of greatest
importance.
Mi1; Churchill is a practical man a man who belongs to the
old-fashioned lodge of Common Sense, and he knows that unless
the' brakes are applied very, soon the velocity rcuchod will wreck
the entire, muchine. ; , ; .,
j'i;;;ik)t tho Churchill idea spread front the schools lo the homes.
Thrift not only in money but in time. Give a good account for
tach hour of each day. Keep a time ticket if necessary and
check up at the end of tho week what has been accomplished.
11 'As the high school orator ttectatmn; "row,' -not .drift," for
drifting is dangerous. That's what the matter is now. So many
are drifting with the tide, taking the path of least resistance and
relying on someone else. Teach the child responsibility and ha
tho child teach it to tho parent, for seemingly that is the way
many parents must learn this priceless lesson.
In Days Gone By.
iiusuanu on me porcn at 11:00 p
m., trying to find the key hole: "Hie.
s-funny here when I hie left.'
Wlfcy, from hallway: "Is that you,
Henry?''
Henry "Hie, yes wuz you expect-
in someone else?"
'Lady in Htrcet car: ' "Say, Mr. Con
ductor, ia thut spoony young couple
up there in the front neat married?
Conductor "Yes, Lady, but not to
each other.'
A Kansas City boy was arrested
while stealing a car. The judge ban
decided to give him another charee.
Sneaking of miracles, Lot's wife
was turned into a pillar of salt he
cause she looked backward; wouldn't
be awful if the same thing happen
ed to some of the fresh mashoii ncie
ir, I.i Grande v.'ho stop and look back
ciery time they pass one of the fair
sex wearing a short skirt; .
Some people rather doubt that Dan
iel was delivered from the lions' den,
but I don't Look at the number of
male citizens here that visit TIGER
dens evor day and they never get
hurt unless they are caught with the
goods on them. ' "
Disappointed.
In the window of a fish market, we
read: "If it swims, we have it. but
they didn't. We went in to order .1
Sennett bathing girl.
In a department store ad, we read
half off. on Indies' dresses on sec
ond floor," went up to make sine,
but they weren't.
In a paper, we' read: "Auto xitms;
strikes lody in safety zone." Any
one who knows women can te.i you
lhat the "Safety Zone" is miles away
f'-om them.
Wull, Mehby "lis.
It's pnradnxinl, is it not,"
Said Uncle Abner Skittle,
iThut a woman kin tulk such an awful
lot,
An' say such an awful little?"
A HEALTHFUL WINTER.
Tliu nilli winter, so welcome lo
ilium people or lae northern stales,
has iimdii 11 hit with nan clnaa U'
ciiiivns. at leu.t. The Northwest fas
l.i I club, at a recent meeting in Cni-
lugo, coinpla'.ntd Hint Hie open
wiathnr so cu down I lie uinitulliy
that the demand I'm rofHtis has (al
ien oil and Him price u currespoiln
lngly depressed.
There will lie no general I""" 'HI
over Hits Rltunilon. There tuny he
considerable surprise, hnwccr. It
I a matter of common belief fuit
an "open winter" Is lean It li rul
than a winter of severe mnilnuoiis
Cold. lluw Hull ideu in Irlnnl' it L.
not cleat'. At any rale, 1 lit prettcni
verdict of the 1 1 li 11 k-1 n s" m.
to refute it beyond the chance tit
aigumcnt.
Jury, and the only women present
were bruuelles, so tils Honor anl
latttly bowed them Into Hie Jury imv
with the remark lhat brunettes tnacle
the hesl Jurbrj, anyway, they were
ls fickle limn blondes. The women
1 Jurors were naturally pleased, and
there were no blnnde.1 present to
lake offense. It was the absent fair
ones-ninny llionsuinl.t of them
that made trouble Ihc ,uy for
Hie nullum Jlnice. The latter con
fesses to hair which was red before
H turned trav. He imu .i..,i i,i,,.i..
Mil years un'.i and has been married
to the same hloitile ever since.
So that (Miini Is settled. And well
I lhat It Is. lor the penrv of uiln.l nt
the , .i iifi-.il,ii and. the civic
; rUhts of female fllliens who derive
.their origin from the Ktmllsh.'Scotih,
; Herman. Slav ami Scandinavian
; races, not to mention a latue nro
i tan nun of in
Some people always think of a tin
can tied to a dog's tail as a symbol
of IWillic Uryan's relations to his pur-
ty.
"Though hta Imrk may uc worse
thnn his bite, we'd rather sec the pup
wag his tail," says Koss Leslie.
A French statistician demonstrates
that the blond type will be extinct in
:I00 years. That will -make (lying eas
ier In 2220.
L.
Sir Walter Uiilcigh threw his -oht
down in the mud for a lady to walk
Upon. Times have changed. Now
adays When n woman gets off a car
backwards and fulls on her head the
best "he gets is the equine giggle.
It Is.hard ennuglv-to say the right
thine lit the richt time, but it's still
more difficult to write the right thing
on the right line of the income. fax
blank.
The drop in price of calico does not
interest the cilia much, but they are
profoundly stirred by the news thnl
fur coats have come down from J700
to $.V.I8.00.
hiallhfulnes.t of the p.ixt winter anil
luc general superiority o( mild win
ters over the severe ones ill Hits re.
gard'. And II Is exactly what might
l- expected. When the weather Is
tnfld, people surier ' Utile haidship
Hiey gel mil of doors a ureal deal,
mid .veiiillale I heir homes, linrtnii
prolonged cold pcM. they stay shut
lip, with li'..s fresh air and exercise,
losing their vigor and resisting pow.
rr and catching lnree,ilous; diseases
and giving Ihem to each olfier,
Doctors add their testimony to Hi,. . ,..,''. , , """"""'
" t n- ..... ,1I-A J,I,
however. It would be InlerestliiB to
check up the comparative records of
blondes and brunettes in the divorce
'"arts, and ,iee whether Hi. coto,. I.f
e, in wnmsn or mull, is reallv any
index m falthfuliicM.
BLONDES RISE IT AM)
JUDGE RECANTS.
The Knsens (inard, whose
"ii.,.,n .11 .
" me rorporttnon... savs
II Is not witnicd .bout the Japs L.
Ine Oregon. "I.,., ,, ,.,.. m.
Hie liiurd "If th, present, telcpnvnc
.!. aie 10 stand, the Joke will he
the Japs. "- Corvallls Oaiefo
Tillies.
iThe mofitoerinir nee accomplish
ed one' reform. It disposed of that
extra annoving yard of cloth in the
tail of n shirt.
Announcement by the treasury de
partment that everybody in the coun
try had $MI.12 most make Uncle John
Rockefeller laugh.
Kashion Notes,
(llv Uncle Jarve.i
A native of Starkey, while visiting
in Ij (irande, was asked bow he was
impressed by what he saw in our city,
lie said: "I have been in the cattle
business fur years, anil hive raised
hundreds of calvesv but I'll be dog
goneit if 1 ever saw so many envies in
all my life as 1 saw right here in lai
Ci uncle in the last 20 minutes.
The advance dope on IH22 fashions
show that skirls will be worn much
longer next season the length will
be increased by raising the waist
line. .The skirts will be made very
full nnd the hobbled effect entirely
absiut, while they will lie expanded
to h'e' limit by the introduction of the
old stvle hoops. Joe. says that he
motto eats, drinks and sleeps only thal.hf
may live 10 ll22.
I A sure's
lun of flllim.- ..,.
Tho Now York Judgo who diwlssvo',, , ,n n"r ""' l ,Hh mull
In open court (hat blode womeo ' , h." '' ' spring (Id
had iw yhu-" Jurtja, .beia'Vi ,h could wear It she
"blondes are fickle," has oxplaluedj .
and rocanled. II was all a mistake. I " u 1 .
The Incriminating ruling wjs lueauul . Tht jr,t M.rihn
M Coa.pll'ueD!o , Llf.JiB, nsot irtd rar, Ja.r
m )- I' i enne ninni In Ml lin f He L-ssS ... lI 1
Tin Heller lo Have Loved and 4.sl
We neve- liked our fireman. Kat;
We scofied him fin nmrn.'lil nighf
He went to sleep upon his job.
He ncvej built his fires up right.
But, since he let a tractor roll
Ll'pon his form so slun an, tall.
We wis Dial we could have him back.
lie's bciferr than no man at all.
Knowing and lv.iig.
Of !l nn p(ii:a t'y boAk Invar
t.ee-U most te f reir.lndi.d lht inaTA
aitinessh-e I? (. Unofer Hie r.v
l,Tiii. f " lie. f,.p tsi. f:l of
O-jTiir rri'i.-l m.-aYl.'t.
-a y0 e o
Oregon's pioneer mlsslonarleli, Mr.
mi Mrs. W. B. Rambo, formerly of
Haker, and for many years engaged
In missionary work In India and the
Near Kast countries, have returned to
Ihe United Stales on furlough. News
of their return has. been received by
Slate Manager J. J. Handsaker, In
charge of tbe combined China-Near
Kast relief campaigns for the slate, i
in a telegram from New York, where
Ihe Ramlios landed a faw days ago.
Throughout the Near East, the mes
sage slates, everything it "generally i
amuck," with ' little prospect of lm-i
provement until dofinlte . action is .
taken by the Allies In regard to the)
Turk-ridden nations, (jonauions in
Greece and the Caucasus are touched
upon, with details of the appalling sit
uation at Batoum, where the veteran
missionaries have ' spent several
months among the 16.000 Greek refu-
casus coujny locaiea mere, neiore ine
war. Tbe Itambos were on tbelr way
hnmn btut full anil hail rnachort Cnn.
stantluople, when the call came for j J
mora 10 ko 10 Diunura anu aia ine
refugees there until the latter could be
brought back to Salonika, where the
Greek government la endavorlng to
make some sort of provision for re
turning Grecian refugees. X
In letters written from Batoum, re
cently received by Mr. Handsaker, the
Rambos tell of thousands of families I
being huddled together In rain-soaked
tents and abandoned barracks, beset i
with typhus and other diseases, half-;
naked and starving. "And 10,000 more'
refugees are on their way here from '
Kars," the letter concludes. "These are 1
now In the snow-covered mountains,
and as many us can pull through will
soon be here. What we shall do then
we do not know. Kverything here is
unsettled and disturbing. It is con
sidered certain that the Nationalists
or the llolshevlki, or both, will soon
lake Ihe city, and no one knows what
will result."' In a luter letter they
speak of the arrival of a ship to take
buck a loud of refugees for repatria-:
Hon and the joy It brought to the I
camp, although the Suionlka camp to ;
which they were bound could offer
little additional In the way of food, '
clothing or oilier relief.
Prevlouu letters, written from the I
Near Kast, tell of the enforced flight i
"at the wlhm of a Turkish official,"
of 'the Itambos and SOU Utile orphans i
In their charge. They had to leave at '
moment's notice and in the dark, !
traveling all night on foot and carry
ing their own blankets, clothing and
everything else they possessed. They
were allowed no lights and were told
not to speak above a whisper, as mur
derous Turks were riiuning . riot all
along the way. After stumbling along
through watnr and over rocks for
hours, they reached the railroad sta
tion at day-break, exhausted but with
out the loss of one of the 200 children,
but none too soon, for with Ihe com
ing of light the Turks discovered what
was afoot and began firing upon them
from the hillsides, the little caravan
of exhausted children and missionaries
making the last hundred yards through
a hall of bullets. ' .
The Rambos conducted their 200
charges, with many adventures and
hardships, lo safety within the Walls of
British Relief station, and turned
homeward, stopping over for a day
for rest at Aduna. While they slept,
exhausted, the Turks tore up tho rail,
roads leading to nnd from Aduna. and
left them marooned In the hot, dusty,
besieged city. They awoke to find
bullets breaking through their walls
and whistling all around tbem. With
Miss Grane. a young American relief
worker, they finally started from
Adana in a Near Kast Ford, joining
a refugeo caravan nnd fleeing south
ward. Thy were shot at repeatedly
and nt a dangerous pass wwfted three
hours before daring to attempt the
run across an open space. At last
with Mrs. Kambo and Miss Grane
lashed' to tbe running board of the
Kord, behind a barricade of baggage
on the opposite side from the heaviest
firing, ami Kambo himself at Ihe
wheel, with baggage piled high all
around him to ward off Ihe bullets,
they made the rush, "driving like Jehu
for two miles," until beyond the aim of
Ihe bandits." After ninny other stren
uous experiences they made they way
to .Constantinople, going from there to
Halotun for several months, theuce
home to the Culled States. .
Pictorial
Review
Patterns
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FisttnaJ
tattentf
Spring
ewmg
FEATURING MANY NEW MATERIALS
PREDOMINATING FOR SPRING. ' ,
Their Quality of the Best!
Pretty soon, sewing machines will lie whirriRjr
and needles flying on Spring Drts-Making. In
anticipation, we have greatly enlarged our stocks,
showing you ever so many new and .charming
materials for spring dress-making. Prices con
siderably lower than last year are best demon
strated on the following items :
CROSS BAR COL.
OHED s OKGAN
DIK8 JVor collar
and cuff. sets,
fronts, ett.i36 lu-
X ches wide. Ni or-
ohld, yellow and
bfhe. Priced at.V...
j FIGURrJO ORCAcX
1 DIKS Fdt summerX
J dresses, orv light I 1
patterns andv. de- fN '""
J signs; 3G IiihCi
I wide. Priced at
rf r r
40-INCH TAFFE
TA In' gray, blue
and brown only, ex.
tra. wide and excel
lent quality. Priced
at
36-INCH TAFFE
TA In all populu
shades; au excep
tlonal quality. Pric
ed at ,
NEW M. F. C.
GINGHAMS, 23c.
New shipments this
morning replenish our
'stocks of 27-inch Ging
hams ; plaids and plain
colors;, excellent quality.
All at 25c.
CANTON CREPE Heavy
$1 .50 quality, 40 inches .widein nat
I , ural color. Priced at, 'yard....:.,.
SHANTUNG POPLINS A soft
lustrous sport material for
skirts, 36 inches wide, in' Rose,
Gray, Harding Blue, Navy and
White. Priced :
CREPE POPLIN In Paisley
designs, an extra heavy crepe
. material in soft draping quality,
beautiful finish. For blouses ; 40
inches. Price .
SILK JERSEY CLOTHS A
beautiful soft material for
blouses' and skirts, 40 . inches
wide; in pink, . lavender and
white. Priced at
$A.50
$1 .25
$00
$.0.0
DUCHESS SATIN
In Harding Blue, Pink
and White. A smooth,
soft, lustrous satin, suit
able for skirts; 36 inch
es wide. Priced at ?4 yd.
BARONETTE SATIN
For sport skirts, in
white, pink, yellow and
blue; 36 ;inches wide..
Priced at $4 yd.
LOGANBERRY
G
E IS SET
MT.
EMILY SUMMER
HOME SITES ARE
IN i DEMAND ; NOW
Bishop W. II. laimbuth. In charge
of the Melhodlst missions In North
China, where t.'t.hno.Otiu are faced w ith
starvation as the result of a disastrous
flood followed by two seasons of
drouth, says:
"Their clothes are ragged and
sranty. their only focal Is a gruel
made of weeds, leaves, chaff and corn
cobs. One cold night in January In
one refugee camp alone, one thousand
of these starved, w eakened human
treaturea froze to death. What Is to
be done must be dons within the next;K necessary
five months, yes, within the next two
or three months. Otherwise millions
will perish."
The death rule In the famine see
Hon is estimated nt In.uoo dally, with
typhus and 'other diseases beginning
lo rag. The only hope of Ihe despair
ing millions Is In food supplies pro
tided In tremendous quantities by tne
people of the I'uited States.
i , iSALEM, ' Mur. 30. Prices for log
anberries will be fixed for the l'Jiil
season at 1 cents u pdund, raspberries
at 12 cents, gooseberries at 7 cents
and strawberries at 9 cents, in ca:e
the recommendations made by u com
mittee of the growers at a meeting
here last night finally are approved.
The committee was expected to hold i
a conference with buyers next week
nnd report back to the growers as an
organization ut a meeting held in Sa
lem April 4. More than 200 persons,
most of whom are engaged in produc- ,
ing some kinil of berries, weic in nt-i
tendance at the meeting. J
Last year loganberries brought ns ! i
high as 10 cents a poind, with thej'
result that several locil processing . t
plants were forced to suspend opera-; J
tions. This was due t.i tne inibility ii
of the processors to pluc- tlnir rro
duct on the market at s. price that l
would attract consumers. ij
The Phes company, whi 'h in past t
years has handled most of ihe logan ,
berry crop in the Willamette valley, I
processed only a small quantity of t
the fruit last season, due to the high t
prices. Whether the plant will opera- J
ate this season has not leen definite- J
iy announced. i
Growers are not n.vr optimistic J
with regard to the prese'it berry sit- ,
uation, nnd it is not usaiuil that the'i
buyers will pay the price retemmend- ,
ni by the producers. In this even J
forther adjustment of the scale will ,
The ' If. S.f Forest 'idryicc' naV t6
ceived."' a - number of applications for
summer home sites on Mt. Emily
since announcement was mtule thatv
the- surveys' 'foY a number of "these"
situs hud been completed.
In explaining the issuance of per
mits for this purpose today, F. W.
Kendall, forest ranger in chargo of
this office stated that permits are, or
dinarily issued for indefinite periods
but, where', a considerable expenditure
is contemplated, permits may be
granted on request of the applicant
I for a fixed term of years.
Ordinarily permits will be limited
to one acre or less and term permits
usually extend for periods of from 6
to 10 years and have rcncwil privi
leges in the permit. The rates arc
from $5 to $25 a year for indefinite '
permits and from $10 to $25 a year
for term permits. V
' Mr. , KondalJ advises that ' all who
ccntohvplate tilting ndvantaec of this
privilege: personally inspect the sites
before. ' filing 'their application. All
necessary surveys for platting areas
will be, .made by the forest service
without cost to the applicant.
Tha Weight of a Klas.
A scientist has found that a kiss on
tbe Hps weighs five milligram. nnd
It Is too bad he cannot Rtnte Ir In
walls., volts and ohms or something
nderstandsMe.
. Twas Ever Thus.
The Hotel dweller longs for the mm
forts of home. And the home dweller
lunga far the comforts of a hotel.
Rrooklyn Enule.
ARCADE
TONIGHT
M
ST.VNFIEI.D WILL HAVE
$fi0.00.00 HIGH SCHOOL
a.lf.D.nlil Ma OvaYdane.
Thejp ar honest soon whs wooU
net wlllinafv roh nlkA . rhn
fcmvtftually rob themselves of tfeeOnm-
itwi .mi J...T mat rignuuuy tByng
lo them. Self-denial la not a virtue
Ir. Itself, andt may become as bad
t'.u! i!srv it .'ir :
STAVKIKLD.. Mar. SO. . ne ial
'hot election was held Krldsy af
ternoon at Ihe Vedples', theatre
building 'or the purpoee or voting
on a location for the new J0.0n0
high school building. II was vo'ed
lo arcept the five.acra tract on foe
avenue donated kf Jr. Hcni Waldo
foe and Senator K. N.. Slanfleld.
Work will bv(,ln t oji so as to
have It . ready for t;;e beginning gf
the fall schojl tcrv.
roRTLAXH M.VrfjTS
ror.ri.ANP. Mir. :. The
of cattle wa-s!ow. lL,fljnl .'ep
aercak. and butler and eg j 5 atea-iy .n
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