La Grande evening observer., July 22, 1921, Image 4

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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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also the loral now published therein.
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dispatches here also are reserved.
wheat. There In similar consolation
'or low prices with regard -,o all the
fnmcr'n crops vhis year It in pos
it hie Hut enough will bs caved 01
the lower wages to make up altogether
fur el wiper prices, and .eaves the
farmer fairly prosperous nl the end
of the season in spite of all his fore
bodings fHiere will be no doubt f
the outcome if the prices of the thing
the farmer has to buy, many of which
are still higher than they ought to
be, suffer B) corresponding dcfliill.w.
And all the time, be it remembered,
'Hie farmer has a job, with ho cause
to worry about his three meals a day.
Several million unemployed workmen
arc thinking' of that. Farming, re
ceiKly unpopular, is growing more at
tractive.
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Postal Savings Interest
The most valid criticism made of
(he postal savings bank by IVstnma-
fciJlienernl Hays is the low rate of
interest it pays. Two per rent is not
an inviting rate at any time. In view
of the investment rates that have pre
vailed lately, it is ridiculous. In prac
tice, too, this pitiful re : urn has been
cut down to an average of 11 per cent,
because no interest is paid on money
This Bank Bears the Tacts debited less than one year.
Wim so much propaganda auoat The government itself has profited,
: ... .. ., . 'as is. was never intended to do, by, re
rotative to business its quick return ,..,! j.u. m . -
artd Its needful optimism-it is mighty '"vj5tlnf dcl,oslts fl 21 P cenl' Tl'.
fine to read the following extract from Itraater-penwal now proposes k
a communication recently sent out by ral8e 1,1 lllc interest rate to 3 per cent,
the National City Bank of New York "id to pay interest on deposits of less
City. It seems to sum up the situa- tlla" year.
tlon as present business conditions There ran be no sound objection to
and the future outlook justify. Tho Hint. Three per cent is low enough,
communication follows: Iconiparcd with prevalent iiilorct rales
The general trend of business rind paid hy !,, alld particularly com
jndustrv during the month of June ,.. ,,., . .. . ,,
has been quiet and repressed. Some l'f "'"' e rates obtainable on
further hopeful signs have appeared, g't-edged loans,
side by side with others wlucn givei It is always advisable, no doubt to
Jess encouragement. Ikwp the rate on postal savings a lit-
The plain truth of the thing is that n... n i i . ,
the recovery of business, for which ev-, l,nvM l,",n th' b""k riltC "
erybody has been hoping and waiting l' nvonl the appearance of unfair
Since the depression began late list !ivuipetslion with the banks. If an
year, has not yet materialised. Nu'oWltr f Mr. nys. mium il( M.
ones interests will bo furthered by , ... .. ,
an ostrich-like attitude which buries ''I'"1 "'' "pposilion will bo eon
its h'n id in undue optimism, and mi.'s I'l.mtisi by tho sensible procedure of
glowing predictions fur the immediate, redepositing funds in local banks, as
iimirc, iirrnifiuvu wnoiiy on n nuigui- :l wa intended to be.
ine oi ino invoiaiiie symptoms, it
THE OFFICE CAT
Then and Now.
'Iliey used lo,ay come seven,
iiaiiji needs shoes,
Now they ,ay come 'leven,
Tapa needs xioie.
It's Not the Original Cost, It's the
Upkeep.
A friend of ours remarked yester
day that a for a man ha had a wife
or an automobile for a while he is
not as craiy about either of them as
when he first got them.
is easy cnouirii. and nleasant enouirh.
to lull anxiety by such a process of
The proposed changes would prob
ably rrib-cm this once promising iiisti-
xeasoning, but what is wiinted now is.1"''0" from the disrepute into which
a general realization of the obstacles it has fallen, nd give mew stimulus
ni imisi lie met ami overcome, more to thrift among millions who cannot
than a light-hcarlcd prevalence of op- . .
..v- u,i..,L-y io small aino'iins.
Their petty siuTngs, once rccuimilal
id, may yet become a power in imc
country's finance.
If some men seen about the streets
here in La (Jrandc ever started out
to be pirates, they would not neel to
go to the expense of having black
I lags mode. I hey could use their
dirty handkerchiefs.
' A local barber says' that his idea
of a real optimist is a bald-headed man
who. cheerfully) figures out how much
he saves by not having to get his
hair cut, buy hair tonic and dandruff
euro.
A sure way to spot a low brow at
a hi-brow concert. He always yawns
while applauding.
If eggs come down a li t tic more,
meblie one can borrow an egg from
the neighbors without giving a chattel
mortgage on the kitchen cabinet.
Than they are worth, I hear.
Nnliody kicks about his price,
Nor claims that he's a thief.
He doesn't cheat a single soul,
It's most beyond belief.
Bohunkus is well spoken of;
lie doesn't profiteer.
Tlie reason's quite apparent for
. Bohunkus died last year.
"While his wife was away on a visit
recently, a certain Stockton man ate
a quantity of birdseed, thinking it was'
iircakfast food, reports the "Record.
"Now he sleeps with his head under
I ins arm, and awakens the family each
morning with an outburst of song.
Conftssions of a Cynic.
I never feel like committing humi-
(cide until I meet up with one of those
'Don't Worn'" boys.
I believe the next thing should bei
a .tr-ll-m 1- k.L.I f .1.- .1 . . .
u...c., (-iiai, ui iiiu ucvasraicu col
umn conductors. . - 't
I think all picnics should be held
in winter, and then nobody would have
to go lo them.
have often asked whyi all the big
movie houses run the same news reel,
i i .
i imve never louno out.
I have noticed that the telephone
always worked when there Is some
body on the wire to whom I do not
want to talk.
I am never impressed by a business'
man who makes himself hard to sec.
I am very fond of cold weather, but
I would rather have it in the summer,
when it la needed, than in t(ie winter
when it is not.
I am not naturally vindictive, but
it is hard for me to be decent to
neighbor -who washes and wi
dishes for his wife.
I don't care whether I ever see a
womans ear again, so the.w need not
uncover them on mv account. .
i sec the cobi of livinc h rm
down I per cent since last July, but if
i imuii i reaa n in ine papers, I would
never nave Known it.
It is rather a coincidence that the
lock went out of stockinirs at the
same lime that the Der cent weni nui
of beer. . The ladies are now wearing
ivsa uiHn nan 01 one per cent s'ock
iiiga."
I'topis.
Miss Kewpie: "Where are you go-
(i r mi- i....nl
uiivv thul in hi .i... i..'llg. Popper?
. ., ... v.:i ii Hint in. n .
has found out that it is oasv to tell . . rcPPcr: "ftoing lo get married,
girl that you rtive her when you
timism founded orjy on half trutlis.
Undue ressimmin Harmful.
"On tho otlier l md, an attitude of
unwarranted pessimism can be just as
harmful, if not even more so. We
know that our banking system is in
trinsically Round, and that it has al
ready proved itit caiwbility to with
stand the shock of a period of extra
ordinary tttrain( and to emerge un-
scatneti mini tnc most tlitlicult test lnmn,n.tlv.l r, c,
imjiosed in many years. We know that : , . .. ' ' , . . '
The Woes of Weight
Nobody loves a fat man, acconli,:g
to the proverb, and in hot weather
our ability, asa nation, to produce the
raw materials which our people need,
and which the world must buy from
us, has boon in no wise dwarfed. We
know, finally, ihat our industrial and
business organization is gctired for
production not only ample for our
oivn needs, but on sufficiently largo
. proportions to make export on a con
siderable scale a vital necessity.
"These are fundamental facts, so
pHin that they cannot be misinterpret
ed. It is luird lo understand how,
knuwing Ihe foundation upon which
our business life rests tu lie k rii-iil.
ly secure as it is, thero can be any
doubt as U the final recovery. It is
lo love themselves with any deirree
of enthusiasm, llespilo their many
virtues of temperament, the weaNicr
pick on thorn no less relentlessly than
d!. the paragraphors and the cartoon
isls. Truly, Iheir lot is a hard one.
Hut for the last word in hard luck.
we are indebted lo a stout Kiigli-hman
one Ceorgc Squibb, whose avoirdupois
aim wnose unhappy fate alike com.
maud space in the news dispatches.
lieorge felt the heat outrageously,
and his friends poked fun at him.
He wooed a Wareham lass with all a
dear'
Kewpie: "Oh, mny I go along?" '
Topper: "Yes, sweetheart, and we
will only buy the tickets one way."
don't love her. Hut Mutt it is mighty
nam to veil ner that you love her
when you do love her.
What shall it profit n mini to spend A disillusioned American Socialist
lo.. tor wire netting, tl!i.00 for i reports that travel in Russia is "one'
chickens, ?S.o for fed. and then buy breakdown after another.' Just like1
i me Kioccry.'
That's Fair.
Bohunkus is a gentleman.
Ho doesn't profiteer.
Ho never charges more for oods
the govomment in Russia. '
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Wlion is the nation Sgoing to ecle-.
bra'e that peace the senate has made
with (iermany -'
progressing no more laggaitlly now! ' s "lor, ind .she threw htm
Ihsil in l:Hj;l aild l'.HII. Whi n wi. were down. He took a rilimillo. In,,,!, inl,.
" similar UieT.iaines, v,l IV suicnlal intent, and
'Recovery is coitsin to be
Where tho artificially stimulated op
timist Innko.i his mistake Is that, soil
ing upon a few favorable but quit.!
natural events, he seeks to nuke them
the basis of predictions that the final
turn in the road has come, and that
next week, or next month, the difficul
ties into winch business a"d nnlu -li v
no lust cou dn't sink. Tim hoik ,.r i,i.
slow, flesh served him
ers vouW, and tlespite his pleas, the
police fished him out, laughing all
lite while. ,
And now, in the holiest spell of
weather thai Kiiglishiiion have known
hi a decade, ho ha to go lo a stuffy
t have fallen will have slightly thifted l-""'1- ""t why pursue the victim fur
ther.
'Round The County j
Inrlilrnla nlth llumiin tntrrr.t
AttRrhrd, tinthrrrd h?
'Ihr tihrrtrr
awn.)!. . I,
"It is primarily a question of ad
justment between the various com
ponent parts in our economic struc-
ture. As has been pointed nut before, J
a great potion of the population, par. !
ticularly that port ion concerned with
the production of agrirultiiuil com- !
modities has Ind its puchasiiig pow-'s
or halved by the ilrop in commo.lilv !
prices. Finished products have showit ,
w -ki iiviuic. tor roMin ns'i ne mi L I
that that portion of the population """""""""""
which has had lis piiivh,i:,ihg power .. ,'. ",
cut it, two Inning only half n., miuh , '"" s Shoes,
of those products which have not do splendid e.xiwnple of how the col
cJined niatemlly in price. Industrial ,rKP .Toll,n i,f "ie right stuff and prop
stagnation and iiiii'inpliiyini.nt. has '''1' rH'sod, can "carrj- on" in Ins
been the inevitable consequence. fathers' shoes is found in North Pow
Although the piwess i.r bringing der, where .1. B. and .1. A. Smith are
the price of I a mii pixtluets ami main,- bunging out of a section and ,. I,lf
docs not !. , that cverv,,,,.. ... '"" l"'."'"lo to produce. About
down, fold their hands ami wait t,- '" r'" ' Smith came to this I
some in.Vi t.'i oius n t of for, , ,, oi.iKe l""""'.v "inl by hard work, thrift and
thugs normal again. Tin- tcsult will!'"'1' denial, acquired title to a secMon
OUU MV IIU'lllL'll Hie lOlli- 'l oin,l I oil w now nil, lor ,.,.!.... I
Milltlt l his son. anil he
Call 1 1 ere for
DEERING and McCORMIGK
Haying and Harvesting
MACHINERY
ew
The N
Ginghams
Are In !
C'licfks in Kvi'i'.v t'Ior
23c yd.
been waiting for arriv-
brown
Checked Ginghams that we have Ions
I he vxnreas this nioritinp.
i.'..rv ,i.ire.l color ia anions them blue. pink, green,
and black. All different sized checks over while -
These are our rosular line quality M. V. C. ginghams, -7
Inches wide and priced at ttilc.
There were over 80(1 yds. In the lot this morning bul mil
over 100 yds. of a kind; some only 50 yds. so we advise your
earliest selection if you arc waiting for these.
, I'liono orders promptly filled. .'''
A New '
. Early Showing of
New Fall
Woolens
Those who plan their wardrobe
early, and thuoe who are always de
b irons of tieclng (he new first, will
be-interested hi peeing thin first, and
very -early arrival of new fall woid
eirS. - Principally plaids and mater
ials for skirls. Home very heaiilifnl
.pieces among them. Mo:st all are 54
Inchea wide and prices are f 4.5U to
0.50 yard. .
li' Fid I "A ni is I rung"'
$10
Almost a nun(h in advance of the
roKtiliir fcclieduled time, we have re
reiveil one of our fit II uxfnrdn from
''AltMSTRUNM." II i.i a dark hrown
heavy riilfr.kln, wilh niiddle sliap
amp, u very new feature. II Ir.
made wllli well nnle and inililuVy
heel. All sizes riniilete now, o 1-2
lo 'J. I'liced ut ))!I0(0.
State News
'- Harnoy county has scheduled a. fair
to be held at Burns September 29, U0
and October 1. Over $3,000 will be
given premiums.
j Tillamook County Cow Testing as
j sociation reports 1 117 cows Jested dur
I ing June, with jin average yield of
I HUl pounds of milk nnd 44 pounds
' f l...iin,.r.., Tu;n ,i u:.i j ..
V, uiiv,.i, i ma ia unr iiioc-si. av
erage yield of any association in the
state for the month, according to K.
B. Fit K, of O. A. C, in charge of the
work. The high cow was "Jewel," a
grade Guernsey, owned by I, (i.
Sharke, which produced loflll pounds
of milk and U7.54 pounds of buttcrfat.
Rumors are current nbou'f the slate
house in Salem that the presidency of
the State Normal school at Monmouth
will ho offered J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent of public instruction.
Churchill is now in Michigan and
whe her he would accept the position!
ti n. we're oitcrcu to mm oy the re
gents of the institution' could not be
ascertained, but Ti ientls believe he
would not Tolinqutsh hi.t present sal
ary of $4000 a year to accept the
presidency; of the normal school at
a similar salary. -
The proposed liip of Mary Rob
erts llinehart, nolod writer, mid her
fiuiiHy, to tho Oregon Cascades dur
Iiie i lie in on l li of August, has boon
postponed, owing to the recent Ill
ness of Mrs. Kineliiirl, who recently
underwent a serious surgical opera
tion,
year.
The trip will be in'itde next
A traffic census was taken on the
Highw ay at Hood Itivcr, Sat unlay,
Sunday ami Monday. Results 're
ported arc: Saturday, 607 Oregon
passenger automobiles, 2S9 from
otlier slates, and 5- motor trucks:
.Sunday, j,i2a Oregon nut oblles,
27(1 from other slates and 'lis
trucks; Monday, 437 Oregon cms
SH'J from olhor status and 41
trucks.
A Stadium Defined.
"An nlif-rashloiied woman" writes In
to ask, "Whut Is a stadium !"; A sta
dium madam, is a large ball park
nllb n university attacheil. Boston
Transcript, , ,
O'tlt'l elloiH of cvervooi'. .nd the
sooner eveiv mini an, I woman in thii
coiinhy who either reretes wng., ,
pays wages r. .n., : ,.,i,,H
the basis that the ttnlialaueed -tale of
industry I" regnnls i-,iii,, ii.sni,,ii r,..
ceited by i ' 1 1 1 ... 1 1 t , t bodies f p,np,.
imtft la' nvetcoiite. Hie Mmner will the
real, sound revival of Im-ino.s, , ,.,.,
Ill earliest. iip,,,, ,,,nk
about the Mi.,o.-ili,,, , ,t j, !,,,..
ly essential lo an iik, iu
Coiisolaticn for Farmers
The honl limvcs': is io plcl,...
Starting in Trxu in June, f u,-.-, .1 .
slowly towtnd Ihr 'aiiadum o.nlir.
rt l.erover Ihe ri-apiug i in p,..,,,.
a great change is observed in :he Li
Inir situation.
1-ast year and the v .it befoe
farincin had givnl difficult! i'i gel
ling in their crops, ami hi, I to pay
hearl-bioaMng wages. Now they hate
jdenty of help. The sopp y ef nrn
cwaurnl labbr i ; in extc or the do-n-l
d As a result t.f this !bir s ir
plus, farm wages are iIm i t.i or
:l day.
ilert; is comsrniitioii X ! eh vp
"tiler h tlf .ect ion.
lt i, In. ile, I from O.
insure
f I nil the
au-
ln I'.'l.., .1. A wa
A. I' lit. . .......
" ' run the ratntly ranch.
Mi. Smith has round it expedient in
ia.se alfalfa and slock, with some
gnnn. and he ,es it , ,lv ...
tlie greatest telinii b.u.'o.i
s'Ml. Ii i itiilion is hi. n.,-.
Jicular lad and he knows it f,l A
o 7. He keeps al, least of ,e times.
He applies the latest ..stool ,is,m in
III. .,tos , nothing that will .
I""" " t-llhaiwe the piopeltv is o -el
I, , I.
t onfloeled with the meagre pii.e.
he maiki-t is paying r..r the great
qtiaalilir. of hay he hs raise,l thi.
vchi. he has f,K111 , (,. h(,
get iinoc f,.r his rp m ther v
than t,j .it, j,. H, j!( ,uvj'
st.-k. This w, W fe,l (he product,
or Ills fields , when the I ight te
come., off BO . s.,v.l. , , ...
alld li.l, k will come th. . u.k
t Ihe sivli..,. .. i. . . . . .
fauns I,.., , advantage u,h
of Noith Powder on the Powder rivet
in one of tbo most fertile -pots j l;n.
ion couiuy-Hialiy f,rtjl. Mm
water was turnrd Kwwe on
ra.
Aho Genuine I.H. C. Repairs
Guaranteed to fit
Floyd McKennon
Dealer
1416 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore.
IN THE OLD HOME TOWN
' F. W.' Yake, pfiysical director of the
Baker Y. M. C. A... has resigned his
position 'and, left for California. He
had finished, two-seasons.ot xery suc
cessful work and thus' completed hi;
contract with the association.
H.Vi(illison,profcasor' of voea
t.iunal agrifqllijre in llib University of
AiStdna .and ' formerly' director ,'of ag
r'ie'uUufal.'cducatioil in Veimoiit. Uni
vorsity; has been appointed .head of
(he deparWnt of agricultural edu
cation al the Oregon Agricultural Col.
lege, lie will relieve K. I). Hoxsee,
acting head, who will devote his en
tire time "to leaching and , Smith
llughc.v.wprki', s . '
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OaHoptncJ Vtern ,
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There are Three Exelaslre Fealnrci la
FRONT LACED CORSETa
VENTH.O BACK, the
VENTILO FRONT SHIELD
and
I 0X-1T NON TILTLNG CLASP.
Judged by Fit, Workmanship, WcRtiDSC
Qualities and Style, LA CAM1LLE is
ilways found the CORSET of
greatest vnlue. A complete line of uew models now
on hand.
MRS. KODERT PATTISON, CorieOern.
Phone Black 81
Residency 1912 Fourth St., First Block West of P. O.
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Comedy
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