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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'!
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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.- "-'
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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
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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:.
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JIllOREtf'S VARIETY STORE
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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
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vi: Nirf.cold, tiieezihg, cough, I
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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.
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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