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SATURDAY. JULY 10, 121
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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EDITORIAL PAGE
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Cbe Obscnvcn
'T. J. Scnmxm, unt.il we take one.
"I'hen the other :M! disappears.
THE OFFICE CAT
I A man may leave fuutprint on the
'siiikIk of time, hut they uru pretty
sure to lie inured up beyond recog
nition by those of the iranir th;it trails
alonpr, behind him.
Pictorial
, - Review
Pattens
Pictorial
Review
For July
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Addrem nil CoiniiimitcHtlnna to
THIS OI.SDIU l it, I4III Ailuiim Ave, l,u ;raile, Oregon
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
On tale III other ell Ion Oregon Hotel Nnwn Rtnntl, Portland ; Imperial
News Hliiiiil, 1'iirlluiid; Mil lino in all Nuwn Hlanil, Hoi Hand
HUlISCItll"! ION RATKH
i Ity Currier
Dally, per month 75c Dully, per all mo. In advance 14,60
V Unity, por three itiiinlhi. . . . 12 26 Daily, single copy bo
Hy Mull
Dally per year In advance. .f(S. 00 Dully three month In advance 1 1.50
i. Dully, all months In advance 13.00 Dully, por month....' CO
Keenly UriMorver-Hlur, by mull, per year In advance 11. bU
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MKMIIKR OP ASSOUATUI) I'HKKS
e AsKoola'oil 'roB la exclunlvely entitled to Hie ime for publication
II new dlKiratcbea credited to It or not otlionvlito credited In this Da-
,V-8nd also the local news pulillHlietl therein. All rlKbta u( re-publl-
lon'-of apeclul dlapatchea here alno are romrvetl.
Surprise.
Mr. Pepper "Want to see some- I
thing swell, dear?''
1 .Misa Kewpie uti nun. ;
Pepper "Here it is, sponge, put (
it in water." ,
j 'Round The County i
v
The hardest part of ronducliiirf fi
rcilyuiu of Ibis kind Is get; lux Hlurt
ed. (luce we tfot th open Int.- pnru
Kiaph sulci, l he real Is comparative
ly easy. We're hoiiiiii mart or) to
day by refBiriiin lu the fuel Unit love
at first sliflii is u wnnilnriill ihiiiK.
Take Hill for Instance. A dear thills
from I'nlnn was In La Crunde re
cently well wllal we. started to say
Is Dial Hill is xnuiiu ao lo I'nlnn real
soon.
"A man has to be u contortionist!
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,. REDUCING TAXKS HOW?
The Portland Oroiconian, nlily edited as it is, jerks the Ob
ex over the spikes of public opinion, because this paper
'3 to venture by suggestion the way to reduce taxes is to . in order to be a successful painter
se spendinif so much money as a state; we further offered "5 h,,ua--"-'uly remarked
.. ... , ,, ., , . r i t- , , t- W. Hunyon, as he gracefully drap-
Mlgifestlcill that such things as the state fair be discontinued ,., his slender form around a ailent
lies of commissions and state employes be taken from t'.:e' policeman, and proceeded to paint
yrolls and wjint is termed higher educational institutions beiWn,a. '""" tu his early
Uricted in their expenditures, alid if ne'-essary be done away "it wls lost, but is found again" or-
ith. Also, Tho Oregonimi finds cause for trembling in the 'I'mmces that the City Katheis have
tatement, of tho Observer that many high schools had gone; " "p" T "! lne 'T'
, . .... , , i ,j""lls the oty, such as "awnin(rs
i) seed on cooking, manual training anil other things which could! must be shorter;" "limbs of trees
well be dispensed with, provided taxes are to be reduced. Immt be hinjier." Such is the influ-
The great metropolitan daily shows that same anxiety which lXr1.thVJ0"h?snnh.e ."""i''
has niarkwl newspapers and officials for jnany years, fearful 'sparkine from 8:.iu a. m. to B:.io n
that some liiijjht think they are opposed to education if a single '" r-wn ""'UKh an old maid our-! '" "ciii-ion here.
.n fr!....,llv ,..-itieim iU in.lnhnwl in ivlnt K-p to our "e inouirni mat was Ifoinir a.
i, ' -.... -. -untie ton far. so. after much ai-tni.
Schools lltlfl colleges. , ment, we persuaded C. W. to paint
Therein lies the trouble. People have refrained from speak-" thllt wliif K he kindly did.
. ... . , ., , , i i i i . "It nun to the Office Cat.
nig their inind;,they have refused to take part in any cam-
pnign, and have refused to let their names appear in priitt in Sunday in Hie Average Household.
liny way other than bolstering up the present educational sys- ' "'"Hy all in the hay.
tent for fear they would be charged with disloyalty to edu-l hmmi a." More'nf the same.
dition. As a result many things in the name of education - 8:15 a. m. Head of fumily sits
have been put over that are wholly impractical; the educa-ji'i'i,-v '" bl'l m"' lo"ks llt th'
tional program of the state, has been padded and amplified,'' '.','7 , cial.out and Koes
transforming it into a tremendously expensive institution which I down to fix the kitchen fire, then
iliMt-iTnir wive i-esiillx in nronorl ion to sni-h exnendil ores ' 1 starts the hose itoinir
Little Hit of Kverylhing (iluin-d
lly the Observe- About I
People and TiVnir-i.
Tucked away In the wooded nooks I
of Union, county are spots of rare!
beauty, but thousands pass them hy :
One such "place wonderful" lies htd-j
den near KlKiu, and Sunday excur-i
uionlsls drive by In search of omc-,
IhiiiK beautiful and comfortable un-!
aware ;of what they miss. The Kl
gill lee cavUti and the Uock Wall dis
trict are'sildoni visited, yet no spot
In l-'nlon Vounty is richer in nature's
slrunKe'and mysterious niuuircjiiu
llons. However, the Ice eaves them
selves are not so much concerned In
this particular article as a certain
family thai lives near Uu-ni, and tho
environments In which they live.
Out on the wooded slopes of the
rilled foothills northwest of KImIii
Is one of the finest orcbaitls thai lie
out of doors, and In the orchard lives
a horlicull oral wizaid and his wile.
Ileltm the wire of II. II. Wea'lher
spoon is not the only distinction
that has come to this lady, for she
has created a reputation as a charm
lllK hostess and a cook par excellence
Hut neither Mr. Weatherspoon tin:'
Mrs. Weal liersiinon ate the soli; top-
DRESS
LINEN IN COLORS
f.lale openly and frankly its belief regarding the present edu
cational program.
Does it function as the general public would like to have it?
Are JJjo colleges of Oregon turning out graduates filted to
take tin life's burdens in a practical way?
i,re rlie Oregon high schools graduating students well grnnnd-
i in tlu'r fundamental branches of education?
I Should cooking and other trades be taught in our schools at
the qxpense oil' reading, writing and arithmetic? And is it not
""""g done?
uregoman believe mat college training such as is
y given in our institutions makes for general better
tbe young, or does not such training in many instances
(1 ineiilnto theories put forth by a certain, class of pro-
The Oregonian can render Oregon a great benefit if it will j t-i 1. wlimr out of the feathers ami com', i
ini; down stairs, one at u time. I
8:-lfi 11. m. Ili-eiikfust.
!:I! 11. ill. 'till 10:45. Head of I
fumily monopolizes the Sunday paper. !
11:15 11. m. Mrs. Head of family i
finishes washing the dishes and
stints to iri't dinner. I
1- ni. Tells husband not to scutt
ter paper till over the house.
12:15.- Ilahy (jets hohl of funny
sheet und tears it up before anybody
else has had a squint at it.
1:00 p. m. Dinner. Head of fam
ily and wife sit uround and usk each
other why Rlast every Sunday. Asks
if there's notlline; else to be hud.
1 lill li p. m. Head of family und
wife -it uround and ask each other
wIlV iheV l-llll't tie,. lu ur.,11 u ll,A
lyi'n' undennine rather than strengthen Americanism ? fumily m'-ross the street, in the meun-
mo tne imiiv across me street is
discussing the same subject.
o to 7 p. m. Problem of whether
to attend church or 11 movie show
comes up.
7:15 p. 111. Movie show wins.
7:15 till 10:00 p. m. At the mov
ies. Arrived late at first show and
hail lo see it all throuirh to make utiy
sense out of it. y- ,
1::I0 p. m. Home and to lied.
' ( Coolest of All Fabrics in Jlot Weather 4'
$2.00 yd. :
The growing popularity of linen for coot summer frocks, i duo
not only lu furdiion'a sanction, but to its many practical advaitttiKcs.
nefinemenl of finish, exeellet wearing iiualitie& and Its youthful ef
fort make linen a favored material for tho hot weather.
You who may bn scai-chlni; ror sonielhiiiK otrlklnK In Its ludlvld
u.illty, 11 mulerial dlsilneilve und i-Rllned, should see litis dress llm-n.
We .have It In natural color alsli in Hose, nine und I'ltik; priced
at .lio yaiil.
Moiite Carlo CREPE ' - -N
The new Silk - 1 1
A new silk material espeel ally udopied to skirls, hloiise
and dresses. Ileuiutfiil In Its lextiire and uiinllty. Colotft ure
Zinc, Hose und Harding lllue. I'rlce lmi yd.
"Jantzen"
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Bathing
SUITS
Men Women Children
MUSLIN TV I LI .
.Si ill tivci lt"i yds ) F-Fi v.f
1 his linn qti:t lit y iiiuslin ,'J'will.
A nuiUTiiil scllirr-i im-jiuI.iiI.v
fur :if' yartl. Ilmii-'hl in fi--lory
rem n;i nls and 1il ;ti ;
fifMM far Ix'lnw its act nal
value.
Women who plan ' to U((p
sim h inalorlal in lhf lioust; tor
future menil list's s lion Id
invt'SiiKi'in lliis opiniiMitiity at
otnrt. Your rhotrtt whih- any
it'iriaiiis at illv d.
, WHAT TIIKN?
"pposo Anerica should jro hUe Uussia, turning everything
' a unmniunislic chest and nationali.ino' all intlusfry.
'ippose every .store was taken over Ity the !('vernment and
upplies furnished anyone who did nut have a work card a
to sllov ho many days' wnrk each Week;
impose those relusni);- lo wnrk and tlmse ttnalile to work
re 'fed antl clothed just as well as the man who did work, hy
Suppose the H'tivernment ran evt rythimr and everyone worked
if the government without opporlunilv of ettinjr ahead what
'tiv would l.a Cirande and I nimi Cottntv people like such a
"!?'
x(int vul(I Ik coinjnmiisui - a condition llial rccitjniics no
fiurity in woj Kiujuisliip, in intcllcrUml alulil y, in lus
"''IniininR. Coiniminism puts iivt ryoiu1 an a level am'
last Uneni, stay there.
iiaa 'JtMiioeratie and eapilalitie fenns of jjuvenunent liavr
. A Her Itt'uson. ' i
Vo are nevrntl million of laws,
Win I
Some (K'tipU' "know" und othrt
tm'ivly slnti' their "opinions." It fc
iinuli t-asit-r to live with tho latter.
A few days auo County Auent
Avry und an C)iscr or representa
tive plunntMl an orchitrd-insperif
Itinerary to reach the atherspiHm
oithardH nhout noon. Oik-k thore.
it took uh lint a ininiiie to ?v a
hook and Huh Into the hlack I;ihs
pond a hody of water that's deep
and cloar. Kiltewis1 we heaved a
line Into u trout pond whit h like i Ch
slater lake, is less than a stone':;
throw from iho Weatherspoun cot
tne. We played with trout am'
with liafH until a hospitable cull
came from the klti-hen and we
climbed (he short -but sleep hillside
lo the summer collate of three im
maculately clean 1001ns. In doinr;
so we jumped a bin flock or China
Pheasants, condescendingly flutter
ing out of our path. A moment In
ter a bevy of grouse, largely devoid
of native Hhynvs. blocked one pro
uress until they strutted into the
deep tnsH. liabbits lonmcd t lit!
foothills.
After potforntiiifr our ablutions in
Icy waters dipped from n mountain
spiliiK th:it raies by the co:taBe and
we had drunk our refreshing 111)
like the poet's sta at eventide, we
stood on the stoop with oir host and
viewed It alj; the grouse. Iho "Chi
nas." the h:ujs jumpit-K at bugs, the
trout striking their prey with a
splash; the, ireen-vined slopes, the
wooded hills, the frayed und barren
rock walls iii the barkuround; t he I "here he does. In his boyhood days ,
rrantic broott at our led. ilie Ice i ht caughl the call of nature and he j
caves ti I'ewjiuls below us. nnd iiwhv liusn't been delinquent, even today,;
across miles of sp.u-e to the snow- Ho snuggled right up to natnro uh j
bonneted peaks around whose nook?'" tlll Is there. On the
lin. Wallowa. Ice. 1'ish. Aneroid and SI. Joe in Idaho, on the mountain j
other raniouF lakes, Twitterinu streams of Montana, in the ruggod ;
wiUthirdtt and the diwne of bens. Simke river breaks of Oregon, in
sucking sweets from the flowers of i bis sylvan retreat Just out from Kl-.
the, foiijt were bul Incidents in our Kin. he has imply been answering I
iveiies'.- l.ove of the outdoor well- the rati -the call bo many of us'
ml rt -within us mid we wore loath henr but fall to heed and live nnd'
lo' break the .enchantment. Hut wo dm without having 1ivdt- . 1
Hemmed in by frame birds in his t
dooryard. with fences of hill-side ;
brooks and fish ponds, shut out from
the dust and the heat of the. world
I near Itowlinu, by wild flowers and Ivied woods, he
He and his and Mrs. Weatherspoon direct the
affairs of one of the finest orchard t
.IWTZK.N sriT tliey lit el:,so
Nothing can be more uncomfortable
when KwimmiUK thun u loose ill-fitting
h'ithing suit. You are never conscious of
to the hody at all times and ate color last.
Tor ktdiHrf there are all styles some with sox and caps to mah-li
These ato priced fr(n lo $8.50. '
Men'a range in price fit oin $4. Ml' lo tHH.ro.
Children's from 2.ar nr.ilt5.O0. 3 7j
Thi8 atore is principal headtiuart eis for Jantzen Knit we
TJie Greatest Name in Hats
"Borsalino
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New Shapes Just In !
Tim li.liiist wcliilii u lid bust woarliiK Iml known.
Thosfl Ii.iIh are mil tu fact n red In Italy und Impurit'il to
litis country each ypnr. If you huvn nnvvr Itnown tltu
lloisallno, rail anil exainlnn line, try Hihiii on If von lilui.
Thi'v are triced at 9II..10,
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However that is aside fiotn ourf
story except in thai It uncoverji the
leason why Mr. Weatherspoon lives
discovered just why Mr. Weathor-
uix sometimes chct-k'd and we spoon huildeil his summer nest af
pause,
the lawyers aiv looking for
flaws,
A woman jint says: "IWause.''
WIRING, RFPAIRIXn t
" v APPMANCKS AND FIXTUKKS .'
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H. & S. Electric Co.
. . Kleclrical Cnnirnr tors.
10.V DEPOT ST. PIIONK RED
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thfH raro luituto'K coiitnititiinti tab!
When lit. wai a lilllp cltiip
ahiiiit sven lip I i v
Cti'cn. Kt'tnucky.
rlttllus uot lltcii sticlltltllt; llioncv, not
from lailici luit n 0111 lite sale for in Orcenn, Inn they live the lira of I ,
awhiicks iiml luivt" thru" lalllls, lint rtimillilliuiii wuiililUI'c nioanlitue.
A Hot One I rout 11. K. Coolidir.
".Money pt,,fitelh not ill the day of
jialtrmrnt, hut it helpeth mightily in
fl'anilik' in this iriv:it An.vi ii tin ruin-try.
rainier ,
ir.1111 av;,0.,,;1(.,.,,s Wils ,, s, ,,y('(l ,y I'iiv tin' mo thu. st lol j
Hwum lmlntii'.l country home". It w.is tin hiinu- of Mr. mimI'S
dis Simpson unci wits lOitinly -iih uf lhc sccnir .spots nnd
l,r '''ill resorts of OrcRnn. S:ttt;itil iiliout ten miles out of 1
. rsfiKelrfi Shorencres ccunltiiiiiclecl a view over the cliffs mill'!
'?lin unlike nnythintr we have ever seen. The home was licau- 1
.'ill in Architecture anil the scenic jraitlens were raml. Cut 1
t pint of Shoreacres was the hospitality of the well 1
Kvcry llrirlltnem litis two sale;. jiy
WOI I.D YOU ( ARE?
measly suui; of pelts trapped in tho
canyons and woods of Kentucky. He
und his p. its set their traps by lant
ern light. To 1 each I bent . meant
get tint: from under co ers at 4 a
m. nnd a Iking f:ir in t he early
winter morning. It tunk routaiie
ami deter iiiiii.it ion. H.u k ai:ain ai
T, for at ih.it hour koutmky s,honl
bells runic their clarion call to :i Ks.
A I t )i. m. in those thiys the mas
ter called it a day.
natu r?.
I 'or the Unexpected Callers. Li
When the Unexpected Callers drop !
in for an afternoon call and you
realize that you haven't anything tojj
serve them, just step to your tele-j 1
phone and order a quart of ice crearr I i
or sherbet nnd it will he there lj
prompt I v, j h
PALACE CONFECTIONERY j
here
e for
proot his flower Kardens, luit iiolliinjr can I alii away that
eclinjf of frieiiilship which l.nuis Simpson holds for his
hi friemls. j;
lo see your nanic in the
paper us the "Defendant?"
To pay out your jrood dol
lars to lawyers?
To dijf down into your
Louis Simvson. Fire may destroy his house, stormsii jeans for $10,0(10 or $'J0,-
U00 to settle the damans
award?
Of course you wouldn't.
Yet if you are drivinir a
car there is nothing-, ex
cept one of our policies, to
prevent these misfortunes.
It only takes one little in
cident to start a lot of
trouble.
And it only takes one of
our policies to protect you.
SECURITY INSURANCE
AC.KNCY
I'has. II. Reynolds. Mgr.
Ijx C.miwle, One.
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To ilrfomi a ilitniiine suit? - '
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J:i1y l, IS-.iS. Stitiairi, t'uba, ur-'nii-r.-d
liy tin- Spanish.
Irt, IS.MK Koltrt H Totter,
born. Suit) to le one of the
hX iffit era in the I'nien
ufmy.
, July H. I;2. Office of retr d-
irul rrlel hy coiijrnest.
'July H, l-f'v't. Jackson, Minn., evac
VnV fiifelerate.
BIO HMt
The fottner Kaiser h.w
a'iv ef the Mehet...!!rM!'5
irt. .-etttra' t with the tmv;
fetbidtlen
to enter
abi he fijiure; that they nlif.uiy have J
nKMie a suffuteMt .-pi'ct:iclc of them- l
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IWiUle of Ulooey Vrturn to the Civil Ar mrthiHl. nd I
fore emi-t- I
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V- ' )' l.naii!e f,,- Hie bon
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An Institution-
That will exert itself in the aid of its patrons that is
our policy. Savinjrs accounts solicited.
The bank that is your best friend. " ,
Our officers: Van E. Long, President; C. V. Fox.
Vice President; L. L. StriiiRham, Cashier.
State BanH
of Imbler
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DEERING and McGORMICK
Haying and Harvesting
MACHINERY
Also Genuine I. H. C. Repairs
Guaranteed to fit
Floyd McKeti
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I4lfi Adams Ave.
La Ciainde, Ore.
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