La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 30, 1921, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text' -; ' Tiipwlar. 'August P.O. 1021 PAGE FOUR. I-A GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER i ; ! i: ! lit 'i i I. ! r r I v- 4 '1 : ! s 4i' : !! r Cbc Observer AN 1MIJI'10.M)KT MiiW8l'AlKH Published dully and weekly At La Urandtt, On-ifun, by l,a (Jriinde Kveu Inff Obervr I'ubliHhlng- Company. BRUCE DKNNIS, Editor Entered at tlm J'ontoffiee at La firando, Oregon, h Hticund CIhhs Mall Matter. Addrcn all citmunicatlona to T. OHSKUVuk. nib AUama Ave., Grande, Oropon. 11 CITY A.M 4;Oi;NTlf OFFlUlAIj lAi'i:it Un Bile In other el Ilea Oregon Hotel News Stand, Cortland; Imperial New Bland, Portlmid; Muluouiah ftfwa Stand, I'ortland. Jlr Carrier miiy. P'sr monin PHy, pnr tlirtiQ months . ., Pally, it mix tno, la advance , aii)', Bintfio copy , .$4.50 lir Mall Dally, ner yunr in advancA . Daily, nix iiiooIIih In advance . Dally, three nioiihtu In advance . Dallv. imt month "Weraly Ohhurvt-r-Star, by mall. per yt'iir In ndvanee ... fl.EO MKMIIICIt OK AWHOCIATKD 1'ltKHS. Tbo Afxoi-lfttnd Premi fa ercluHlvely entitled to urn for publication of all newa llMpnfii'H credited to It or not otherwise credited In thin paper, and alao the locnlTiewa publiHhed therein. All rlRhtu of ru-publlcatlon of pedal dlapatchea here aUo are reerved. To Remind Us of Old Times children to the vocational aiftiriillur-! ill picnic which is held daily.--There are three other vocational courses that our students can Htit-r to avoid' the study of the three Hi's. They are auto mechanics, printing and home eco nomics. Steel Gives Way to Wheat IN THE OLD HOME TOWN Editor I. 1!. Uowcn of tho linker Democrat, fearful thai the present generation will forget liow newspa pers were run thirty years u'.'o, is printing some clippings from th Democrat's files back more than a quarter of a century. One of the items is very intciest ing for it shows. how newspapers used to fight. Here if, iH: "Tho licentious old reprobate, ir regular practitioner and general nil around two-legged iece of irrespon sibility that Is. undertaking to palm Let no one be fooled longer bv th time-worn statement that steel is the barometer of trade. Wheat is esscntiullyi tha baromet er, not only natin-wide, but locally When Grande Konde wheat sells for less than a dollar a bushel u 11 lines' of business sag and begin to lake on the low prices and dullness! When it goes above a dollar there is brisx tendency and tono to business. According to press dispatches steel is about to take a drop. Iiu: steel has not dropped in company with wheat nnu oilier commodities, ll nas re-j maincu nign, so nign in fact that it has hampered all lines of business that use steel. It has helped block the building program, curtailed railroad improvement, put a damper on devel opment of many kinds. Its price has been held high tnr bilrarily because the steel trust hail the power to hold up the price. Now, however, Ihe production of, steel products is large and the de-' maud is small because of the cxhnli itant prices charged and we are told that steel is due for a (Iron. No product can be tho linron-elrrj of business 'thai is held un i.k vl l! h'a been. On the i-mit rni-v. .i..,i " '""I 'here will bo a lot of foolish hit the toboggan tho firs,, tiling and! "leas in 'government business dispells nho I,.. I..,.,. rUinir ,,,! ! , ,l J Cd Willi. td-Ms J&S? (HOMe,FA Ties ha tA-reMtw vEs . 'J&L fl'u.HVE v.. v;-?r- TO5ETBAOc AA'tJf&A TltE Cure sr.W CLUB, GAVE ITi ANNUAL. PICNIC TODAY III ELfCR VVIdHTS' BACKYARb 'W. lt. Thompson, of rcidlelon, is to lie chosen as assistant to the direc tors of the war finance corporation. When Washing on, I). C., gets a few men stationed there like liill Thomp son the country will begin to grow ly falling, until wheat is priced n w at pre-war prices. ! ; Plainly wheat is the b.-roi.ic'.'!i; of business of this eotmlry. Silesia and the League 'Adding to' many complex commis sions winking in Oregon the govorror has recently, made up another. This one is to., teach Americanism to for eigners. The best thin; to do In foruigneix is lo make thrn: march on July ! h under Ihe alms and stiincs eiicli year. Addinir to many complex commis sions whrhjng In Oregon tho govnr-j nor has receuily inailn another. This, THE OFFICE CAT the st urn ami It miiy he news to ninny to It'nrn that tho Iioirtc indi'pcndcnt jK:hooi dis trict hits it farm, remarks thvj lloltu' Statesman with quite a lilt' ; Hitmism in its tone of voice. The ohjert of this farm is to teach city boys hi-v cany it 1 js to lose moncyr on a rihch. hast year it made, u fme demonstiation ----- o- Ono of thu tno.st irUiirostiuK places "hUlit now Is Mm (iraiidn Hondo val ley with thu different threshiriK 1 crews running. All valley towns are ! unlet just us I bey should he for ; most, of the people are out helpiiiK ,savo Ihe train crop. Henry Kord bonlit a defunct rail- vtr.id and i:i;ide it pay without rcduc terest in the matter, may find a way! . , .' . . t , i-n" ouj. d tired tndht rates. President W U- a i: .. i .. 4U j i j" -i i 'H1"i slum ht liave had Mm in the sad Action by the Leu sue Council, too, ,,,.,,,,, . ... enoufrn, at icat, to stop any "back to tnv nuiimn nuvu ( the farm" movement. It lost 50 an' lm,n ction by the four allied premiers; ' n . last year or, to do exact " " "umvh h-m:-. Tiw,,, ... mi i.n ,.w iiii.n.tmn -$102.77 on 40 acres. sents a frvouv of 48 nations, lmnde ! The Hchool district built a resident' "-r y .r..m. ccivennnt, w Here on this farm, at a cost of $fi8U7. This! 4 th.P hu Coulnc'1 .h " . modest home adds 17S an acr, to the ?U;miin,J whl' ut "Tely .n investment, which seems quite a loud1 ?f7"! Buner-Rovernmenl set- up bv of overhead to put on u 40-ncro tract. fP PurPWM of I,ractu;i1 The boanl has had a hart! time trying! J . 10 J no a uso lor mo nouo: last year , . , .., :...r Pom-old Senator Jimmle Heed. II :!..ii.. .. J..1.1' ... .ii mouth has got him into trouble eve iV ,!i t ,i. l..' r, ' iee lie was. mayor of Kansas tity. Tooms work in the west Ibis year nor next, according to Secretary rail. Wei Supposiu' about it? ll did why got mad Americans may be. glad that Ihcu" eoun'-ry bus nothing lo do with Siles ia and nothing to do with the l'iigue of Nations, and that at the same lime glad that the Silcsian dispute is refer- Jiimseir oil as an eililor, continues o i--uKue. n oueis a way ou( ,, )H t() ,,,..,, Amo.lcanlsm to for- his old tad ics of lying in the face of "' a 'l"l,'-""'us "ituauon menacing to pU.n,.,.s .,, (.sl ,h to , ..Tho u.Htor ,.. r,ol the dam ....... ..... : vi .ui.. .rithp, .f,'",",lsl"p f, !'C forelgnora Is to make them march pool"-From tho Seattle Star. v' 1 " " ' I '""' " lT '' m.1"' anil mere- on jlliy 4,u ,,,. tho People were not well ucquainlcLl for "'e Umtci: Mates stands to bene-1 liU-nim Clu.b y,..ir .it, ii.v iv iiiiiii r t.ty. That is exactly the sort of thing for which tho League was intended. Hcp- ret:enlalives of eight nations, Franc (ii'i'st Britain, Italy, Japan, llelgium Spain, Hi.'i.il and China, will umlcr lako to settle a problem which repre sentatives of the first-named' four have been unable to settle. The larg er bodci, having a broader view, and consisting of altogether different membership, and having less direct in with him his practices might huvc Home weight." I, ' Dude Ranching ' No doubt there are well as pajamas. ma ja mas as A "bit Y" HHYMt: Whatever else may happen- Now that the country's dry (?) The sailor still will have bis port, Tho farmer have his rye; The cotton still has sot its gin, The Boacount has Its bar. And each of us will have a bier, No matter where we are. Howdy, folks! Have you Joined the Klu Klu.v Klan yet? KXCKKDKD THE SPKKCCH LIMIT ' So your car got Into the police were for the "We hai any." like the old lady who prayed ! rm,rt -Were, you exceeding tho speed mount a hi to be removed- Sly expected there would be i limit? "On the contrary, the blamed (liv er wouldn't budge and the policeman overheutd what I said about It." Now ho has called down the wrath f of the House of Representatives at made some re- Veason or other so another building " "? 1 """" ' r..(,l ft,- D.i Washington because he , . ,' , innrks concerning Congressman Vol- Then followed a grer.. con.-retel stead and his dry bill, .limmin is very Wn. Kcport has tt that the boa-.. lia.lo to be ostnuized from g.m'l f lied It with n heterogeneous colloo- Washington society if he keeps up his t oil of tail-end Iivi'stock. Whr:t con. i. 1 ' , i MUiitiM'ii inanner. iirinaiion 01 in is w .sou:i., itc All men have not put horse racmi; aido. (-)ne racing' mare sohT a few davs airo for S'in.tHlOO. which is about Lhe price Henry Trowbridge of Grant j "unhicus. county says he otight to get for all of ' his gallopers in order to come ever. While we are complaining of hard limes the other fellow la getting Iho o- rerHrv.ni ine no arn 01 ot uc.i tm rmi i .. i ... , . i , ------ j, Jit iii,uMin in naving a title Htu;tnn auppiyr no mem; ne nas no inventory for ,lPr ry w,(t(,r Soine,ow. Minn. of tho farm's livestock; he doesn't gnr (lairott tins managed lo give Know wnms oui mere, ne sam WBtMr ,,vl,n ,r )4 ,., iiiu nmni m u.ir inn. a nun nmett mi( Kmpt M( ,or ,hll, from Kown and a truck carries the ranks r the people Ih In he has the If anyone believes It easy to gel i things dune let them talk to heJ county court which has been felig-j ionsly Irvine to build some roads, in-;! eluding the road from Cove lo Union. :l o . - . ,IJ In a rate war (hn railroads will 1 J whip l lie bus lines. Mut when one 1 bus nwni-r i licked there is always J aiiolh'M- lo euror the field and Hlay unlit his bus weals out. arcade! 'TONIGHT '-' Constance ww . . mm : : " Heating the Home With A "HUMIDOR" - . ? ,t 4 "Humidity for Health" Tho best furnace on the market All II I'M 1 1 )()U I'lii ibircs n iv cciiiiic(i w ith A t.Ii east railiiilnrs jiikI t rinniiliir i linkcr i rnsli - nitf grates ;is ivpiliir C(iiiniu'iit ;iinl im ftr;1 en,- lu'isfiTK also arc rast, and KXTKA l..l(!i:. I''irc ImiwI is in (wo sections, whic h nvvciil fire i-raek so eoiniiHUi lo the did stvle oin:-jiieei 1vie. All joints arc doiihle-i;rooved mill set 111 asliestos eemclit, lltakillt;- them j;;is tiullt. Iji'th outer and main inner casings are rnl proof :alvaiiizcil iron. Inner easiiiLr is lined with Nith aslieslos and liriyht. tinned eorrnnatid sli iiiakmi; a triple wall of insulation. Main front is full east with east ol'l'sel, or wiiis, oiviiiM j, ri.u'id, substantial const met ion, which likewise is easiK- fitted to the casing. Ka.-li lurnacc is eijiiippcd -with cast water pan loeatt inrcciiy iimicr tlic lire-door for eon enieiice. and coiiiiii- in clos,. contact with (he fire bowl itself to insures Lrenerolls c :in,.r:i( i,.n v,, .wv..ni;..l winter health, fit is a tfeiicmllv acvptcd fact anion licrccnt.mv of colds is due to lack' of lll'M I IMTY in rooms.) It is because of iN wonderful humidil'v inv' naco lias heen named the lll'M I DOU. , FURNITURE, EXCHANGE Phone, Black 1211 Fir &' Jefferson ! 1: !: j 1 r- X s;r -"S ' I v.' v v. : ! vzjir ' . I. I . : ' : ikmi ?:! l.'dors that a lar-e ,j artificially heated T ', (iiialiiies that our fur- l:. 19 I SUCH A LITTLE QUEEN AND TOONERVILLE COMEDY WEDNEEJCAY Harold Goodwin IN HEARTS OF YOUTH A tale of Mystery and Vengence 'also A COMEDY "Dura 'Belle" HAIR NETS 2 fur 25? A NEW "Cannon" ill Alii JNfKTS 2 for 25c ' 1WWM9 THE FIRST IN' LA GRANDE GUIMPE BLOUSES $4.25 to $6.00 , . , Being tha first to shiiw Ihe now Is a fael this slore is proud to Imasi of today we strenBthcneditho proof of that stateinent Willi Hie arnviil of a dozen now Uuinipe Blouses. These are dainty ""'1 praelleal euin plluicnts to the sllp-ovor dresses now selling faster throughout tho eoiin try than anything In this lino fqr years. the aliraclive and Inexpensive not sleeved guimpo or blouse, to'be worn with the slip-over or jumper dress. ' These very new blouse ercatlons nro of Use nets and hues tne are exclusive models, and there are Just a dozen this morning to solert from. Kcmcmber the name and lask fur ' GULMl'K HEOl'SES $1,125 to (jiO.00 ;? " avool Remnants An especially large nuiybcr of Wool Itcmnants have been cut, and marked at groatly reduced prices and placed on a special bargain counter near the entrance. You will find among thorn pieces suitablo for any purpose, In a great varloty of wooloiv matorlals. Inspec tion will show thoy are really bargains.; I Striped Woolens Fur Plaited Skirls The plaited skirt promises to be more popular than ever this season. I'lalts are larger, however, and most nil roqulre the stripped woolens tho stripes to be plaited under. We aro showing an unusual assort ment ot quality woolens at this limo in attractive stripes. These are 54 Inches wide and priced nt $3.5U, $4.00, 4. 60, and up to $6.50 yd. M M Exclushv Is'ew Models in SUITS FOR STOUT W OMEN Sizes tu rSi'- I .' ' Slout women need no longer find difficulty' in finding slylisli tailored looking suits. Wo have given B.eriat attention to these for the first time this year, and a few days ago wc received the first shipment. Tlie models are very eonserval Ive and tailored lookiifg fine materials and workmanship. Women who aro interested In these, we invite you to inspect tho en tire line now. Don't figure out a vacation budget unloss you aro good ut addition and multiplication. TAKEN ON BLIND FAITH . There's one thing ' uhout poetry, music, love and cooking; on'docs not have to understnnd them to enjoy them. El 1'aso Herald. POME A sub-deb I hate is Tlllie Blootch; She refuses to danco without A shot of hootch. shouts of jubilation by many citizens who had learned he was beir.ir brought to 'town in an automobile. Some of the stores were closed for the occasion. He told his friends that hj had always intended to come back. lie revealed tnat he had gone fvo:n Blair to New York City, where he had worked as a janitor in a school build ing for $1.25 a day, but that his health forced him to quit this job for one addressing envelopes :n an office there for $15 a week. When Mr Clariclcc left here he had $200 in cash, but what was left after paying his ruilroad faro to New York was stolen from him in a hotel there . After waiving preliminary hearing in county coup!-, he was bound over to the October term of district court, which convenes October 10. Walla Walla is crying for morn grain cars, which rather kindles the spirit to believe that the old-time traffic on railroads is coming back. Nevor say the war veterans aren't bravo. They are going to act as judges at a buby show. A thermos bottle Is a convenient thing when, on a long trip oven it it contains only water. ' -A' real John! Doe uppeared'l'il'a Chi-! cago court the other day and told of' having been robbed of $800. Thai's: a lot ot dough for John Doc. '. j , i, . ,rOltETUOUC!HT "Did you ever slop to llilnk what a wonderful liivcutiun tho automo bile Ib? "Ves, and I went to thu hospital for Ihreo months for stopping In front of one." . We can remember when every young man to . be properly dressed, wore a fancy vest. . THE l.l'NAK "TOD I I. E Prof, (lecturing- to sleepy class In astronomy) e Because of the. fad that tho gravity force' on Hie moon 'lis only ono-fourlh as strong as that Jof tho earth, any porson could jump four times as high there as li"rc " j Prely eo.ed (dreaming) "I'rores Jlsor do they danco tho toddle on the imoon?" ! Wc know a woman who calls her j divorce llborty bonds. I The girl who has a talking ma i i i-hlno in the home may break a re cord now' and then, but even at that she's likely to break the record for staying at home. LABOR , THREE BIG DAY BANDS will IM observed in 'La Grande this, year with three eities par ticipating - Pendleloni Bilker -, and l.a Ginudd. wlih iie n- tral Labor Councils of 'these three eilien arranging the pro gram wilh tho assistance of commercial hftdies in their les pcetive cities. TWO SPEAKERS Aflairs of Ihe grout labor movement, and lopUs of direct Interest to tne laboring classes will he discussed Uy prominent, speakers ImmediaUily after Ihe parade, wltif Keating' provided for several thousand on the streets in froiut of Ihe Klks' club and Kagle's hall. Parade Big Feature The first formal number on tin jiionran will ho tho parade to Which t he public is invited to give its attention with eom mcrcj;il floats. Labor will he on parade in full strength. : AFTERNOON ' OF SPORTS ; At His baseball park dui'ipg .' tlio vftornobn Mhoro will be spoils, horse racing, baseball games anil music. Three solid hours or gonuiuo fun und amusement. FUN AT NIGHT Ono ii nd all are urged to par. ticipalo in the evening fun and amusemont. Three dances, a hand concert on streets, prize fighting und u general good time. v COME! Vrople will flock from far and near (o help laJior cele brate this important day, Aro yon doing your part If von aie. you will he pari oflho big celebration. For particulars, write General Chairman, Labor Day Im (.rande, Oregon Stage attendant (to manager of a traveling show): Shall I lower the curtain, sir? One of the living sta tutes has gut tho hiccups. Don't go away with n fixed sum of money and expert to C.ET away with It. Bankee Who Failed Comes Badi to Old Town and is 1JI with Joyful Greeting 4-, THE TELEPHONE is a servant always at command, that never tires; night or day, hot or cold, snow or rain, it is always ready to quickly, cheaply and cheerfully perform tasks that otherwise require time, expense, exposure and in cases every day, by its celerity, it saves lives and property of value almost beyond computation. " BI.A1R. Neb.. Aug. :tt. Krcd II. Clarirfu', former president of thei hanking house of A. Castetter, o Blair, which failed followinir his dis. nnnearance last February 27. surrei- dered to Washington county author-' A' ities Monday and was released on' bond. He is charged! with taking fund-j J! from the lnk and loaning them to tf I himself. fl, J After discover4 of the bank's condi- V t;tion the sta'e bank guarantee fund fi was called upon for about seven hun- X J'dred thousand dollars to meet the , loss.. I V t n.n.u .kA ...it i:k...j i.. t r. Home Independent Telephone Co. K 4. 4. 4. .1. j. 4. 4. 4. J.J i