La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 06, 1921, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE, TWO LA GKANDE K VEXING (OBSERVER Tiii??iliiv. "December Christmas Time IS DRAWING NEAR, ONLY 3 MORE WEEKS TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. Handkerchiefs We are slewing an unusually large assortment of Christmas Uaudkerchiofs for Gifts this season. 'Mere ore linmlkeivliiefR of all discriptioas and in all quali ties They eonie iiV,lainty Christmas boxes if you like or individually aii'tVire priced from 5c to $1.25. GLOVES Gloves always make a most, appreciative kU offer a largeVitriet in kid, silk and fabric, ied line of colors and all sizes. t and vc in a var- f'! I HilPs Dep't Store Over Five Billion Dollars! Loaned' by U. S. Hanks to Fanners of Count it. 1 f EHGYWIirS fPAYTOOSMALL Buys. Ho can't Live f fli Sal , ary of a liishop; AVants tq Retrench in Living. LONDON, Dec. C The Bishop of. WL Albans eomiilnlns Hint tils offi cial Income of 2,600 pounds a yenr ' fti "entirely Inadequate" to meet tho Mteunry expense not 111 a office and the upkeep (,( bis "official residence" Bo the diocese over which he pre sides has to eke out his Inadequate fftclal Income by giving hi man al 41tlonal 700 pounds a year 'Ho meet eweretarlnl and office expenses, and .', lb coat of runnluK a motor cnr.'" ; phs candid BlBhop doclaros the sltu- ; fcllon to he ''scandalous." ; "Us Dot the time come," 'asked Ik Bishop, addressing the. Dlosssan (toaference, "when bishops should , mm to live In large houses, and ' Bt In far smallor houses which would provide for entertaining In a simple way, not more than two or three house guests at a time? Should not his home be his homo and not a sort of hotel?" The liishop of London once cam plained bitterly that he could not make both ends meet on 10,000 pounds a year while he had to live In a "palace" with something like two score bedrooms and waB ox poet ed to exercise hoBpltalliy on a some what commensurate scale, lie said that If he could live in a moderate house he would bo content with very much less than halt the Balury and certainly would not be any Iobs effi cient as a bishop. HIIOI IJ) DO MOKE IJ3ICESTER, Eng., Dec. 6. The BlBhop of Peterborough, in an ad dress here pleading for the consider atlon of the negro question at the Washington conference, said: "We ought to attempt more than we have done to make peoplo roallze the danger of the future of a colos sal world conflict between the white and eoloredraces. "The world Is drifting rapidly to dimension In the mntter of color di vision," he added.- "-' 1 . If 1- BSXWflSUBHBnBWSSBSBSBMaSSBMnSUIBBaMBWBBr. WW Useful Electrical Xmas Gifts Percolators - Majestic Heaters Grills Curling Iron Toasters Waffle Irons Hot Point and American I rows X-Vuas Tree Beta H. 6k S. ELECTRIC CO. , ; ' Elecrical 105 Depot Street jilt factors Phone Red 3931 VALE MEN MAK E GOLD STRIKE C ' . T.. . "... oi-uopmjr up lm j-i-om Siuitaee of Farm That i Baid to be worth W.W per ton. VAJ.E, Dec. C Two Vale men. Rav v.iin.neiu nu inaney (Jury, have onutn a vaiuaoie gom, silver and cop per mine within a few miles of Vale so they claim, and they are now work ing to interest capital to put in the necessary marhinerv tn mina tha rn..k The strike is, up the Willow creek miiey a jew miles irom Hrofran. As says mnue from quartz taken from the surface show it tn I unrth -. a ton in gold, silver anil copper anil me prospectors assert there is a suf ficicnt auantitv of thin kiml nf mmft in sight to make the mine pay an,! tney urmiy uclicve they -will find much richer rock under the surface. The claim, says Mr. ChutfieM, is in the same strata which has in the post yielded . so vi-ichly i in I valuable metaia ue Delieves that. Malheur county will come ImcW n, o, cipnl mining county of the state some of these days. The claim the two men hnve located is within six miles of the Vale-Brogai railroad and has an easy, water Bra,'.i from it to the transportation line. mining ii very inexpensive to place the products of the mine to ih mil. road. . i ii, - r iff11""1- offtrfif inttresstinj mert&an- fcisc in ebcrp line, tljat totll telp Fpu n rijoosins fitting: remembrances for all. JSboiii' tije fatonbrm'enre of last minute burunrj lip tabinrj atliantarje of our timelp bi. plai'3 nolu atuattinrj pour coming:. 2i5EEJHfl !:niMM?.,Mr1 Eaaui Mail insula JIllOREtf'S VARIETY STORE si fiAii viwv Tiuti:ATi:xi:i) SAN JUAN, Porto nico. Dec. C A strike among th field Inborers of St. Croix, one of the Virgin Islands. wnich has lasted for two months, is turentenlng the next sugar crop, ac cording to J. U Curry of that Island. Tho strike resulted from a decision of the sugar planters to reduce wages to a pro-war baslB or 60 cents a day for day labor. On a piece bnsls, Mr. Curry said it was possible for labor ers to earn from "5 cents' to J1.2B dally, bht they will not do piece work. "We have had two bad years for sugar," said Mr. Curry. ''Unless we are able to gel ou rplnntlng done by tho end of November there will he no crop for the coming year." KXtillAVKI) CAltliS I'HKAP CODI.KNZ, Dec. 6. Engraved calling cards are a Into fad nmong soldiers of tho American forces In (ieruinny. Neurly every soldlor haB engraved cards wilh his nifiiie and outfit and some even have other cards with their home address In the United States, particularly those who are planning to return to America within the next few months. A hundred cards and plate, nt the present rate of exchange of the dol lar for the mark, costs tho soldter ahoiit 60 or 60 cents In Coulenz sta tionery shops. ANC'IKNT OATH DOUGLAS. Isle of Man. Dec. 6. Tho appointment of two new ''deem sters," or members of tho legislative council of this Island 1ms just called attention to the peculiarities 0f the ancient onth they take on the lllblc when ansumlng office. It rends: "By this book, and by the holy contents thereof, and by the wonder ful works that Oott hath miraculous ly wrought in heaven above ami In the earth beneath tn six d;tys and seven nights, I do swear that I will execute the laws of this Island Just ly between our sovereign Lord the King and hlu subjects within this isle, and betwixt party and pnrtv, us indifferently as the herring back bone doth He In the middle of the flBh." The Isle of Man, which Is well known as a pleasure resort and Is situated In the Irish Sea. has Us own legislature and la not bound by any arts of Pnrllsment, unless It Is spec ifically mentioned in them, WASHINGTON, Dec. C The bnnks of the United States hud outstanding approximately $:,8S918!J1,415 in per sonal ami collateral loans to farmers and $l,447,482,!l2li in farm mortai;r loans on December 31, 1920, accord ing to a statement made public to day by the United State Department oi ngricuiiure. i nese nguren are lilt; iiuluic ui oiiiiitii-trs niiiTru ui uu the basis of reports rum 1,1,540 bunks out of a total of '10,178 banks as jriv. en by the Comptroller of the cur rency. For the United States as a whole, 7fl per cent of tho banks reporting! had some arm business. In the West South Central States, the correspond j ing figure was 88 per cent, and the; lowest reported in ary geogrnrhi division was 45 per cent for the Newi England States. By. states, the five! highest percentages were as follows:, Arkansas, 95 per cent; Oklahoma and Montana, 92 per cent each; and Kan. I sas and North Dakota, 91 ycr centj each. High, low and prevailing rates of interest on our types of farm louns were reported by the banks, namedly personal and collateral loans of $100 or more, petty short-time loans, first- nortgage loans, and second-mortgage loans. According to these rerv.-rtri most of which were received during; March and April of the current yeur, the average rates for the l.'nited States as a whole were as fo!'ows! Personal and collaterat loans, prevail-; ing rate 7.90 per cent, high, 8.211 per! cent, low 7.59, per, cent; Petty short-j time loans, prevailing rate 821 per cent, high 8.4$ per cent, low 1 per ,cent; first-mortgage loans, prevail ing rate 7.23 per cent, high 7.57 ier cent, low G.7.1 per cent; second-mort gage loans, prevailing rate 8:10 per cent, high 8.37 per cent, low 7.70 per cent. conference. (The map shows In a very graphic way the groupings of Islands controlled by the different nations whether under national sov ereignty or by a mandate of the peace conference. Kaeh natinnul group is heavily outlined in colors so that, for example, the observer quickly notes that the group islands placed under the Japanese mandate lies between the Huwailuns islands and the Philippines, United .States possessions. In preparing the map, the Nution al Geographic oclety was aided by the criticism of the graphic section of the war department, Far Eastern division of the State department and the Hydrogniplilc office of the Navy department. Kills Son And Then Turns Gun On Self I WHITE VESSELS ARE CHEST PORTLAND, Dec. 6. Frank P Bingham, 08-year-old luborer, while crazed with anger, shot and probably fatally wounded his son, Ellis S. Illnghnm, In their home In Mllwau- kie ut 9:lj a. tn. yesterday, and then ended his own life after he had rush ed Into the garden. He shot him self through the head wilh a heavy charge of buckshot. The father's body was taken to Oregon City by Clackamas county authorities and the son was dying in the Sellwod hos pital. The Blnghains came to Oregon from Wisconsin a year ago. They established a home at Milwuukle and both were laborers. According to Mrs. Emma Bingham, wife of the in Jured mun, the father and the son could not agree and quarreled con stantly. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5 (Medical-of ficers have been removed from com mand of navy hospital ships and line officers "assigned to this duty, revoking an order in existence Blnce tho administration of Roosevelt, ac cording to officers of the Pacific fleet base here. In connection with the change, according to staff offi cers, several points have been brought out concerning the interna tional status under the Hague Con vention of 1864.- The hospital ships in time of peace have the Bame Bta- tus as any other auxiliary vessel or the navy, and ail previous markings. such as required in time of war, will be removed and they will undoubted ly be painted white. It is found that vessels, under the same conditions, when painted white, are from six to 10 degrees cooler than when paint ed slate or war color. NO DELAY TIMELY MAP PUBLISHED WASmwflTOX' Dec. 6. The Na tional GeogrnphleSoclety has Just published a map of the islands of the Pacific which Is vory timely in view nf the riiiestlons' affecting these islands discussed in the Washington CATARRHAL JELLY S Ljx V 4 guaranteed by 30 years I ft stic to pillion of 1 VXr Am if lean i Koodoo's I CkSpv ' ;wor'tVondf for V"" vi: Nirf.cold, tiieezihg, cough, I Tt5yfcchrtnlc(rrh, head- N pche. sore nofe, etc. I ot your Dan &-)rV. have R KONDON MuuieagelU, Mini. CHICAGO, Dec. 6. P.eports to the railroad labor .board show steadily improving conditions among the rail roads, B. W. Hooper, vice-chairman of the board, said In a statement to night. He -pointed out that the board's decision not to consider wage reductions for any class of employes until working rules for the class had been disposed of, had not didayed consideration of wage disputes on any class of employes. Laying Of Rails On Lumber Camp Road At Bates Has Begun BAKER, Dec. 6. J, AL Hoskinv, local contractor, is shipping out sup plies to Bates, where he is engaged on a contract with the Oregon Lumber company for the grading and laying of steel for a five mile railroad into the timber from Bates and is employ ing on the work about fifty men. Mr. Hoskins also has a 2,500,000 ft. logging contract with the Baker White Pine Lumber company and is employ ing a large force of workmen. READ THE WANT ADS! Sidney J. Williams, secretary of the national safety council, stated recently that the economic loss caus ed by industrial accidents amount ed to one blllk.n dollars annually. OBSERVER WANT ADS GET RESULTS. COVE IT AGE WeiBaer Bros. Passengers, Freight , Daily Tlrips pom Savoy opel Cm Garr's Where Ybun Credit Is Good Jselt COMPLETE HOME FURNISHER Keeping faith tenth the SMOKER Our lifelong knowledge of choice to baccos, our years of manufacturing ex perience and our up-to-date facilities are concentrated on making CAMELS the. finest cigarette that can be produced. Into THIS)NE BRAND we put the UTMOST QUALITY. A better ciga rette cannot be made even for a higher price. forvm .1 fol ONI CAMEL' is TH RETTE made themselves for really fine tobacco. ONE BRAND ONE SIZE PACKAGE. That is. the way we keep faith with the smoker. QUALITY CIGA- en who think' for who appreciate QUALITY l -'. itEVNOLDS TOBACCO CO . Wiiwi-S.IM. N. C. k ; . Good i Lots ! Or : Home Wanted :" ' have a partly who holds ii. well secured con tract for $8"0.0O, "pay alile $2r.00 per imdiith. lie also Has two automo biles, jiiid will trade c,on tract and1 0110 or Iwrh autos -for (rood, close in lots or will apply as first payment on good home. SECURITY LAND & SAVINGS CO. Union-La Grande AUTO S' AGE La Grnnile Ileadqiihrtcrs! L. & L: Drud Store Union Heailqiiiu-iers: New Unloiv Hotel Connections made with Union-Baker Stage -P. G. DeLap, Mgr. - iiifflritiSKsifiy- a ! Better Than Movies WHAhappler wiv for'two to peiidun eventncliAi the new est song hitmd guy dances (repro duced on Su pet-Feature records) all the most beautiful and popular stand nrd selectlonn-IiW wonderfully Th iirunswick playa tiimlJ No metallic au(reetion no vibra tion but every note true, clear, yat toft at velvet. Brunswick rtcorda ara niarvelous. If you hovent a Brunswick hear on t our eliop and learn about our con venient payment plan. Tell "dad" you want a Brunswick the musician' phonograph and bring liim with yea today. December Records are now in EASTERN OREGON MUSIC CO. R.urayan'sj Sign Service Auto Painting The mot thai lern kind I lasts ! A Guarantee Wilh Every Stroke ol the llni.h and the Guar- anlec iJ Good. J Runyan In Hug's Garage J soMi-: noon iiaugai.ns Six lots, 8-rnom piastered house, ham and outbuilding? Ilarher shop, stneo building 20x:i5 feet, lot 20x09 feet, all equip,,,,. 1 two-chair- shop, bath room fuily equipped, soda fountain stock and fixtures, made-to-measure clothing bus iness, pressing and cleaning, all for th: priro of 14009.00. This is located In the Cove, and the only business of this kind there anil It Is doing a good business. 1'arty selling wants to leare. Terms can he bad on part of the payments. 20 acres pdjolning the town of Cove, kitown as the Fixton plat. Gookl six-room house. barn, grana lar, garape wood shed, cel- chkkcrt bouse and run all fer-ed. Fine spring I'lenty of water to irrigate with, good orchard, all lenred andlin first-class cultl fatlon. a gfod home for some one, r-rice tSiiOO.OO. Pome cash and asstimp a mortgage. A good Restaurant and room ing hous building on Fir street. Thfa property Is bring Ing In goo rents, end can be bought right. Ocme tn and let us talk to you about It. The party selling has left here tad wants to sell. C.J. BLACK 4. CO. (Realtors) NEW FOLEX BLDO. La Grands Oregon