La Grande evening observer., July 26, 1921, Image 4

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Published dully n1 weekly at la
' Grande, Orec-n, by I -a (jrnritie Kven
luff Observer I'ublUhlnv t'oiiipmiy.
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entitled to tixe for publication of all
u-a HtMtiiilfliiM i-redited tr II lr lie I
otherwibe eredited in ttila nitpi-r, and
a lo the loial news puhlihed therein.
All rlglitu r ru-puhllciitlon of special
dlHpatehefi hero alao are renerved.
Those Habits of Youth Are
Our Anchors
'Hie other clay we passed a I. a
Grande business man who is wi'll
fixed with thin world's Roods and
ho was harking up bunch of tree
tranches for fireplace wood. (The
branches he had cut from his shade
trees in the usual comae of pruning
them. Jle spent several hours cutting
up the twigs and branches jus! the
right lengths why?
' Well, here's the answer: Another
neighbor passed lyid eluded the man
for spending his time foolishly, asked
him if he had not wood, when as a
matter of fact there was a basement
filled with the best wood from Union
county forests. After the neighbor
who did the chiding , had passed on,
these remarks fell from the lips of
4hc man who was chopping away at
the 'branches and twigs:
"I am not too old to get provoked
at the man who kids and. joshes an
other man because he is economical,
but down deep J feel that is one of
America's great faults lack oT econ
omy and no desire to inculcate and in
still the great 'principle of saving
what wo have. 1 was brought up to
waste nothing. The envelopes that
come in my mail each day 1 slit and
save .the smooth half for scratch pa
por; these twigs und branches could
have been hauled away with the rub
bish, but when I was in France I saw
how people save firewood and the
old lesson of economy asserted it
Keif to nie and 010 I am, with a
hatchet, saving these twigs. It is
not the money value of such things
that counts, it is the habit of being
economical. I believe it is a great
habit, it is m anchor, quid I would
not give it up for urryfhing."
Costs of Building
And do you really expect low costs
on building to obtain again in the
northwest such low costs as we had
years ago?
Well, if you do you have another
guess coming.
Lumber is selling now at least'
some grades for less money than
it brought in 1m Grande in 1113. If
there ever was a time to build cheap
ly from a lumber standpoint it is
now, yet people arc not building be
cause it is claimed the cost is exces
sive, and W'e grant that when all is
figured in the cost is high.
diut what of the future? Just the.
moment the big cast begins taking our
lumber the price will advance. It
will have to advance because mill
arc selling now lielow cost in order
to move their product. Then up will
come the price or Jumhcr. J.abnr
may go down a little, but not like
it once was so there tyou have it.
I'eoplc will never be aide to build
as cheaply as they once built. The
man who has a home today has a
greater valuation by reason of these
conditions. The man who duplicates
the house built sever years ago will
continue to pay fifty per cent more
for some time to come. There is no
other way lo figure it.
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Women Farmers
Some surprise has been expressed at
the extent to whirh American women
have gone in for farming, as shown
by last gear's census report. There
are about 2'iJMU women oocratiuir
farms in this country. About one farm
in every 25 is run by a woman. These
feminist farms, are mostly in New
Kngland and the South, and average'
about 100 acres in extent. , ' '"
There is really no occasion for jvi'
prise. A farmer s wife is usually
more competent to run her husband's
business than any other type of Wo
man. She knows about it. She is
her husband's working partner, wheth
er he realizes it or not, and she is ac
customed to working us hard as her
mate, if not harder.
'A II farm women know afiout fann
ing far more Hum the women of any
other industrial or professional group
know about the business from which
their living comes. It is natural that
when a farm, for any reason is de
prived of its male operator, and there
is no other immediately in sight, a
wifo or daughter or mother or sister
should step in, nnd make a success of
it. We are likely to have more wo
men farmers hereafter, and they arc
likely to be among the .most progres
sive farmers of their communities
:"' - The Shipping Mes"
The most obvious thing about the
shipping situation Is that the govcrn
rherit has lost a lot of money. Hardly
leis' Obvious in the fitct that hm lonjf
1 I ho government continues in the
shipping buHim'HH, it is jroinr to keep
tti Wing money. H may Inso less
Than it Iihh been losing lately, through
Httt'r management and hotter limes,
but it mil Imnlly hope ever to make
the ships pay on the basis of what
they cost, or in fair competition with
private enterprise.
It is agreed that the government
could notMielp going into the ship
ping business, and going in on n big
M'Hle. ll was one of the necessary
s'eps to win the war There had to be 1
. big fleet vf transports aifd height-1
ers, to lake the American t roop-;'
Across the Atlantic and keep him
nupplied, mid to repbo e (he heavy
war Iokm inflicted mi allied shipping.
"Whether it tvns necesaiv to pay all
that P"id for them during the
war is now a profitless question. II
maybe questioned more fairly wheth
er it was right to continue building
Ami operating ships long after the
Hrmistice, but that, too, is now past
history, and of hltle profit cn-pt as
a lesson for the future.
Jlown right incompetence is to be
exposed and condemned, wherever it
may appear, llownright crookedness,
if any is found, is to be punished with
out mercy. Hut the outstanding need
of the pre si' nt situation "is to pnweed
immediately to clean up the whole
mess wid then forget it
Honest debts, whether incurred
wisely or unwisely, ruvc.sai ily or un
liececsrily, have to be paid. I.et the
govormnrnt pity them, and then dis
pose of the fleet on its hand ns
rapidly ns circumstances permit,
merely making sure that the ships
Wd wilt remain under the America!
flag and that there will Ik shipbuild
in facilities left at the disposal of
the government hereafter if it
need them,
way, the government can turn its at
tention profitably t things better
adapted to govern mental management.
A Dangerous Practice
In many par'.s of the city property
owners show a woeful luck of good
judgment in that they allow tail grass
to grow up on their premises and in
close proximity to 'their homes and
once set ablaze by a lighted cigar, or
cigarettj. would destroy much valuable;
property.
At this timo of year the grass and
weeds has about matured and is go
ing through the drying process.
It is as inflammable as oil und
readily catches the tipark of a matcll.
Unless cut down, and cleared away it
stands as a menace to fire protection
and a tribute to the lack of good
sense of the eitir.ru who is indifferent
to danger or too laz.y to get away
with what may be the cause of his
home being destroyed.
Let us hope the little wheat worm
had his run this year and that ho
will wink out before next spring"
FORUM
THE OFFICE CAT
ay jchicb
OKKKIC'K CAT ,
Afler Kiiilyard Kipling
Wlion the husband faces helpmeet
every mcrnlii In debate,
And he's trying to oxplaiu lo her
' why ho was out so lato,
Tlier.e Is never any finest loll that IliB
argument wilt fail,
Kor the female of the species can
talk longer than Ilia mule.
When the argument Is holiest and
they got down lo brass tacks,
And they laud each other's Tclatlves
a lot of pungent whacks!
You would think that hers wore an
gels and that his should he In
Jail,
For the female of the species can
think fasjer than the male.
When they're whacking up the bood
'"'li'! ' th'at he earned throughout
the week.
And deciding how to spend it, he's
a pretty helpless geek; ,
ft Is sad for him tn look ut his per
.( rentage of' tho kale.
For I ho , female of the. species can'
. grab quicker than the inalo.
When they do their weekly shopping
anil they linger 'round the store
Till the huntianil thinks that living
is a most decided bore; x
Slio can take a uU-cent piece and
get dry' goods by tho bale,
l-'or tho female of the species can
buy cheaper than tho malo
Some people aro so all-lired lazy
ttiat they ride lu a flivver so they
won't have' lo lake ibn troublo to'
shako tho ashes oil' their cigars.
"Who, is Die ideal woman?" asks
.a .nosey oo:ilemp. Modesty forbids
that we sing our family praises ill
too loud a key, but just at this
minute 5:.t(i o'clock she Is sing
ing light beartedly over a batch of
'Team tjiscuiis so good and tooth
some ttiat wo never dast show thorn
Believes Jury Gave Correct
Verdict
I N I I IJI'tilSK, lire., .lulv '.M. To
the Kdiior: Jlv attention has I n
called lo an interview of .Inbn S.
Ib'dgin, in a recent issue nf the Ob
server, rritici.ing the venlict of the
jury in the case of State vs. Koch n
an. I llneley, so far as ihe ennviclion
"f Keden is concerned, in which the
jiuies found both of Hi,, defendant,,
guilty of the larceny el a car belong
mg to "Kentuek " liobeilson. As these
vol diets w eie rendered by .iunes in
my court, and as I consul,..- tile en'
i. i III of (ho juiy ill tho Keelen case
vor- unfair and uniilst, I consider it
my duty to say a word in defense ol
the oi-,lict of the jury in this case
Am intimation that the pury convict.
od the defendant Keelen uo.-ll lll-nl".
ll' lent evidence is a dlieet ihair.o thai 1
the members (d' Ihe iuiv violated their
oaths, when up,. i, their x.mi.na' ion !
as to their iiuaill icat ions to ai t as jur i
ors they swoie that they would tiv
the case ne -ding to the law ami evi
deuce, ami that they would not comirt
th,. defendant unless v.-i 1 1 -f .1 ,,f hi
guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The
jury in this ease was iccc.t.-.l i.y the
defendant Keelen alter a thoiouirh e
jn the OourW insload of in the news-
fapes. sejms jtjj mg that -rMrc.
flodgin unwittingly and unintention
ally gives too much credit to District
Attuinoy; Wright and Mrv Ringo, who
assisted in the prosecution, when he
asserts that they secured the convic
tion of Keelen upon insufficient evi
dence. The resume' of the testimony
by Mr. Ilodgm, in his interview, con
tains only -garbled portions of the
testimony in the enscj and not all the
evidence upon which the jury rendered
the verdict. A motion was made by
Keelen to set aside the verdict, and
grant Jiini a new trial and among oth
er rensoiis urged was that the verdict
was not justified by the evidence. This
motion wus denied by me after argu
ment. Should the Supreme -Court up
on appeal reverse this conviction. It
will be no reflection uponThf 'vcnficT'l
of the jury, but if reversed it will n
upon errors committed by me upon the
trial, and for any reversal kwill as
sume the whole responsibility nnd
will-not attempt to cast the blame up
on the jurors, for whose integrity I
have the highest regard, und believe
that they did their duty, under the
evidence ami the law given them by
the court.
J. W. KNOWI.lvS.
to aily unscrupulous friend, ol ouralyS
for fear he'll trump up-i coarget
against un -and Mr ' hr
elope. ' w v .
... r The: Wedding
Her bair irasired, her eyes were blue
She was 'pigeon-toed and knoc-k-'
. kneed, too,
But I had no money, and I was
broke
Hadn't a thing that I could soak
80 we were married. Salem Capi
tol News. ;
He had no hair, bis eyes were
brown,
He was ugly as sin and wore a frown
But he had money and I had none
And something really bad to be
done
So we were married. Junius,
An honest butcher will trim
meats but not his customers. .
hi
The attendance tr irate and bunk
ed stockholders at a meeting of a
defunct mining corporation in Chi
cago, Saturday, reached the . 000
murk.
The Versatile Mr. Duliamo
Butte (Mont.) Dally Post .
Mr. Duhanie was formerly Miss
Hazol Caihcr of We3t Uuly-Btreet,
, The Crawfordsvllle (lud.) Review
speaks of 'a "popular school toach
e.'.f She must be blind and deaf, or
elBe "ihlnss have changed wonderful
ly Blnee we went to school.
And by the way. PlaccrviUe, Cal.,
boasts of being the only town In the
United. States which has a blind po
liceman. It might be very embarrassing If
t'lacervllle were called upon to
prove It, .
There are star reporters and star
advertising men, but as yet we have
never heard of a star proof reader.
; ;ibraltor '
Miss Kewple: "Pepper, ye are the
salt of Ihe. earth."
. Mr. Pepper: 'Do you IhlnV you
could over ger along without ,-ne?"
Kewple: . "No, doar, I noed thee
every hour."
Oil H011I1I (he l'o veers Hie (ilftle gie'
- ni., .. , ...
To see Dorset's ns llliers see us. . . .
A car from California and one from
Idaho parked- along Adams avenue
this afternoon at about the same time.
Both contained a man and a woman.
The men both left the car and then
the California woman turned around
and said to her fellow traveller: "How
do you lil(C this town?" "Don't like
it, it's a dirty town," replied the Ida
hoan. "Yes, it's ccrtainlv a dirt
hole, in fautjthe, dirtiest, I've been in,"
retorted the lady rfom the south.
. (If the ladles from Idaho and Cal
Itornla knew' their homo stateo as
well as we dd. they'd know plenty
of dirtier places than La Grande.
Editor). A..'
Now what a shame to talk like that,
We know il ls not true,
For every morning of its life
Our city's bathed anew.
It's washed in water that Is full
Of vitrol every day, .
No sclf-rcspcc'lng bug or germ
Would live beneath that spravj
It's only humans can drink
That water arid vei Jive.
Although their tummies mighty soon
iwr juai imc.a sieve f I--WrvwWsMijd
purify out- stiel
And yet. tte pW-mVspfHi.(c''"'
The tourists come and bawl u.1 out
- Wc wonder if it pays.
Is For Lower Prices
t'dltor I.e. Crandn tilisorye'r:
ll given lue pleasure to colupll
iiiont oii and your paper on the
stand taken In regard to the prices
eh, n eed hv I lie barber:! In this
town. When we gel u few more
men to speak llieir minds like you
have, the siilforiug victims will come
into their owe iiculn.
Youis truly,
A VICTIM.
'Round The County
larldrm. with HaM.a Inlrre.)
Altarh.4, t;alfcrrtf hr
The (Ibwrtrf,
THAI' I'Olt MOTH IS O. K. .
Joseph Ainsworth who lives In
May Park has tried out an experi
ment that rame to his attention
about the handling of codling moth,
and he has pronounced It O. K. It
Is simply a matter of leasing the de
structive pest Into a fruit Jar where
II Is drowned. The proposition first
came to his attention through the
IN THE OLD HOME TOWN
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I HavFNTSCOtl .-'1 " 1"
TO1
unuimtnm of each ;i;tor as to his im-
should, . " " , J'"' s composed ol
With all this out of the ,. , ,.,, , ', ,'
I Is it rca.son.-ilile to suppose that
twelve of them would violate their
r I oaths and convict the defendant upon
insufficient testimony an.' testimony
that did not convince tl- m !eoml
reasonable doubt of the defendant.
0 Keelcll's, guilt? Kspcoially is this
,-..., , .. ,, , true when one consider that the
If it is dollar wheat there will Ik- ,,.f, .,,, ., .,,,,..,, ,,, ,. ,
quite a lot of moimy in circulation, ;reon whom 1 consider t. he one of
fter all Hut there wi'l !. no profit j the best trial lawyeis in the state.
j Itt. sn eto-'iev who ti;e hi r-s
aakj
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l"M TB T' MAM vW'Ll WArTSSK TU
Av Rvpon TCAM- StAKS OF BUSHEiS COWOITItSNS
Mereti'izt'd
Lisle llo.se
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BtiUA-mi 'tg M:l
New "Madame Flanders"
BLOUSES
"Phoenix"
HOSIERY
The most exclusive of all Uluiiwes
Kor the lady who desires a blouse of high quality, distinc
llve In style and so very attractive and out of the ordinary, the
.MADAME KLANDEHS" blouse answeiD every purpose.
Thoae received today am of Crepe de Chine, Balkan Crepe '
and lleorgeltc. The number ii limited. Priced from H to $13.
"J'hoeuix"
W1HTK SILK
AVI11TJ5 SILK'HOSK
Just in This Morning
$1.65 paii
Aii pure silk, with lisle garter
tops and reinforced' feet. In all
elzes now. Priced at 91,03 pair.
"PHOENIX HOSE" aro sold
only at this store In La Grande.
' ' SILK OT ' ' FAD R R "S
For Underwear
75'. yd. , .
-Sheer, Riie materials in pink or
white Mercerized 'and with- a
flne silken design woven through
out. .. They , are -40. Inches wide
and priced at 75c yard. The wo
mau who delights' la making her
combinations, gowns, etc., will
delight In seeing these.
I
Men
All Thib Week a (-ireat Sale of ' '.
FLORSHE1M SHOES
'alut'S tip lo irl-J.OU
$690
if you haven't already visited hern lo sec the great of
foriiiBS in Men's shoes, you should do so at your earliest,
convenience. Every shoe Is a ''I'l.OllSlliaM'' and has Its
original price still on it tlv, 12 and f 15 while tho odd
pairs remain at fti.Wtt pair, Sej window. ' . . i; ; .
wo
Deserot News' which related an In
stance of this sort In Grand Junc
tion, Colorado, That paper said:
"A novel but what Is said to be
an effective mothod -of tra,pping the
codling moth Is Indorsed by J. W.
Fox, county crops and posts Inspec
tor In the following statement:
"The codling moth, tho age old
problem of the horticulturist, nnd
the cause of wormy apples appears
to have received a serious setback
through Ihe discovery of a Grand
Junction fruit grower.
"He discovered that the codling
moth, which is not attracted by light
as are the vast maporlty of twilight
or night flying moths, is attracted
by a mixture of vinegar and water.
; "Undor 'the dlrectlon'of the coun-
,ty crops and pests Inspector, 36 wide
mouthed quart fruit jars; two-tbirds
filled with a solution of' one part
vinegar and nine parts -water were
suspended with heavy twine - from
lower branches of 18 large trees In
an orchard -west of Murray. . This
'.was done on the-afternoon -of July
6th..-. N'QJt marning,-a .copnt or the
codling ..moths'-Y.ru'pped .'add .'drovVned
n (he solution revealed the aston
ishing (act that an' average , of 20
moths per Jar had beetr. caught in
. single night. .. .. v
"The orchard will now he fully
equipped trtOnCJttrp.0r..tweKrvrir
jho whota tract. .
, "While Snlt Lake county orchard
ists are urged to try- this now meth
od of assisting in the control of this
pernicious insect, they Bhnuld by no
means fall to supply tho third aud
last spray of the BOason to apple and
pear trees, using three pounds of
powtlcred arsenate of lead per hun
dred gnllons of water, applying with
cither a spray gun or a mist nuzzle.
This should be done within Ihe next
two or tbreo weeks.
"Chorry trees showing any indica-
THE REASON FOR. OUR SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
IS OUR SUBSTANTIAL SERVICE
liceouilt
side of
Try Our Kats
A good, quick lunch all ready for
you at 11:30 to 1::I0. Much better
than most lunches. Sold at Al Cain's
PALACE CONFECTIONERY
COMPANY.
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!?ii the snimv
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tions of slugs should also bo given
a light coating of the same solution."
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The Sunny Side
of The Street
puts its owner on
life. Despite re
verses, 'lay-offs' and tips and downs of
various kinds, the man who stives can
still afford 'to tsinile.
His account is (he lnlnicant that, mak
es Ijl'e run. iniy;e-.sjjuurt lilyumLjbpeeds'.
Iiis upward "progress.
We particularly invite the wage earn
er '.t'o oien an account with us. 'Siuiill
accounts are cordially welcomed.
United States
National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
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INTER-STATE BASE BALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Cove vs. Weiser
LA GRANDE BASE BALL PARK
Sunday, July 31
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Admission 50c, Grand Stand Free
"HELP COVE" is the Slogan.
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