Jj'K flRAND'fi EVENINff 'OnSlTRVF.R
Ti i ps1 a r. J; i nnnrv 2 t. 1022.
PACE FOUR
Che Observer
, as im)i;i'i:.mu:n i' .m:w M'APKh.
lJiib)Uhnl iitly idkI twflUy fit I -a
tlrmuliv niwKiKi. hy I .a Oritnle ICvun
tiiff Observer rulnhhlnir ( 'niniiii ny,
lUMU'K iiKXNls. K.litor.
Entered t th
I'dHioi i let nt IraiHi''
-rnn.J flu.- M.iil .JntUr.
Amlre .II
OHKKRVK't.
Oraiwlt, Ori't'
I iHIilllU tlll'M I jiillH to TH K
lllti A'iuni A vi!., It-x
1
li
CUV AMI C(H Ml OI 1 KIAI,
On bh 1 1 in other i-iiicn oict;i'ii Unlet
N'hwh SUiimI. 1'oi'IJiiihJ: l'nu-riiil Nwt
fit and, l'ur)l:i nd; AJultmmiuh Nowa
Bin ml, rorllm.ti.
bi list itirnoN iia iks,
lly Currier.
Ia1 ly, per month
Dally, per Hint!
Dally, per fix nn., Ih
Dully, hIiikIh cuty ..
7f.f
lh:t ..r&.iu
d.lviint; ........ I i-f-"
bv.
lly Hull.
Dally, per yeiir. in inlwtm
Jiitilv, iimiil li.-, In ;ulw
Daily, three eehV,.J. In '
Dailv. ptT trfciMli
V'eeUly (il).-ri vir-SiMr, hy
per yir. in i .in' i! ..
... I.:
....Jl
00c
.. m. no
nii-:Miii:it of amk iati;ii ihi:j.
The AfsuciiiMl l'r is exdiiHlvtilv
entitle! tci u.' for iMibllt-nlifiii of
llc.WB illfqmlcli'-H fi-t'HIti"! lo It or I
nthtirwlm- ereilil J in thin khixt, ii
pIho the Iwctl ih'h'b puhllnhed therein.
AH rights of re-puhlo-ut ton nt hpuclul
diHpntclit: hero ulso urc riKirvcd.
Bible Thought. For Todaj
PBACE AND SAKETV: Thou wilt
leep him in perfect peace, wdio.se mind
is stayed on thee: because he trusteth
in thee. Isaiah
IN THE OLD HOME TOWN
CLC TM Hi
Miliar .j
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BUSINESS VS 7IE0 UPTVJF.NTC
MihUTES TODAY' VWII-C Tlli
ClXkKS ON MAIN 3TSE-ET
in which there shall be no fighting.
' THE GAS MAN.
liy Herbert A, C'x.
When de gua man reails de meter,
Tain't no use Cm . fu onl fret,
Kase dar ain't no, way to heat .her
Date has ever been found yet. ,
The Community's Loss
3IoW flonely we arc ever at the door
of the f?reat beyond was brou(vIt forth
yesterday morning when lh n any
friends of Mm.- Herman Sierist
learned of her pansine; on, Tnken fao
unexpectedly in the prime of life, it i.
bard for her friends to realize that
the place she has filled1 in sueh a lov
ing manner in thx' life of the commun
ity is vacant.
Her life was one of devotion to her
borne, her fiiends ami the welfare of
the community. Those knowing her
D aline that an fileal wife, a lovinp
mother and devoted dait'jh.U'i has Uft
our midst. No family could Buffer a
greater loss Hum ljern, but tho loss
rnment functions, and why it func
tions as it does, it will naturally be
compared with the Williams College
Institute of J'olitirs, which promises
valuable contribution to the study 'of
comparative politics. The two lines
of st'jdy might easily run together.
Our constitution, it should bo re
membered, is (ssi-ntially an English
locumtnt, (h-spite the fact that lU
checks aie Greek in origin and its bla-
unces Unman. It was devised by a
people who, if we forget the nero
slaves, were Mo per cent ot il:r'!i.;n
stock. ToJay less than half our pop
ulation is of iiritish origin. The ma
joiity uf our citizens tome of race-:
whose political traditions and instm-fs
tie very different. It is, therefore,
logical to suppo.- that the Constitu
tion, if it is io continue to function
adequately, must from time to time
he modified .iomov.hat to suit other
racial idwis and itleals. The stud." of
Comparative Politics would tend t-
simplily und guiue ire process oi al
teration.
THE OFFICE CAT
IITJTI
9 '
1 1
3
I
An' it ain't no uo to frun;lilc i
AVhcn the W- hill cua'.cs to you
Fo' ilar's prwine to he a rumhls
If you don' pay when it's due.
So jes' l;t nta tell you, honey,
When Ca Kas man tomes about
Vou had hetter have lis money
Or da g: in wii:c out.
RDAD BONDING !
. ' UMIT LARGE1
i
Someone j'utrgi'sts
knee-lengtii ni)itii-s
man blankets.
that w.t
to match
i.l-
No, friends, se'i-Coo'l is not
be any cheaper, when Her
gets Mussel Shoals,
oin to '
-y b'vru
ST
MKEY I!
BR
lid
ACDLD SPELL::
(Speel.-il to Thu Ohscrvcr)
HTAKKKY. Wan. 24. It
l'OUTI.AND, pun. 24. Under the,
road bondliiK art, based on the 6
le.-r cent limitation, Oregon ccun-'
tie tan ioiiie $01,218,251 in bonds.
! Advuntaru of the laf has been tak
en to Die extent of $21.21)7.44, so !
that eountles are still in position !
to isisuo 3J,!ID0,307 when they see j
fit. j
These BtnliKtleH have been eoin-i
piled hy John 'li. Yeon, state liU-h-j
way commissioner, in preparation ;
for a conferenco (of the comniiion-;
era this week, it is the Intention i
jof Commissioners Ilooth, Yeon and!
j liarratt to meet the latter jiart of j
'.the week and telect a jinmntnime 1
: of fobs to bo advertised for letting !
jUt tho February nieetfyg. .Mr. Yeon!
I 4se; pei lally dosii'lous of Keetlng
work muler eontraet next month so I
hat contractors muy take advan-j
age of tho entire Hummer season, i
Also It Is the wish of tho commis
sion to allocate tho funds on hand
among tho .several counties, a mat
ter which ha. been delayed for a
month or more.
So that the t-oinmlsHion would
know how tho counties have assf.t-i
ed in road construction under the ;
bond system, Mr, Yeon .gathered !
tiie statistics. , The theory (of the'
iiKini: ! commiKiiion Is. apparently, that the'
aver-1 commit don helps, those counties:
eather has lW'hi,'h help .themselves und the sta
falling. . tisticn will ,bo used to ascertain!
ear while ; w hether big counties have had more i
;of their share of state (jo-operatlon !
Timely Apolooie.
Few tlilnts do more lo lubricate the
wheels of existence than the tlniely
uud kindly irliolosy, und few tltlws
oro more tiresome and Irrltiillni; than
the npology that Is r.n Intrusion nnd
unnecessary. Well-bred persons are
iilunys ready with u mot or less per
functory "I beg your pardon" , und
they feel not the sllfhtes: humiliation
In making Ibis sort of apology. It is
a remark that may be applied freely
to perfect strangers us .well us to
close friends.
Silent Aaorallon.
YVhut surprises me 'most about Scot
land, writes n visitor, Is not the ah.
seuce of haggis uud the kilt, or tltu
presence of finely metiileil roads, but
tho silence of the barbers' shops.
Arlbt und client sny nothing moro
to euch other than Ihe few words nec
essary for the success t the oper
ation In4iand. When I remarked on
this phenomenon to a muih-tniveled
Scot, "Aye." lie commented, "tbey're
both thinking hard about the tip."
London 1'ost.
22 '
thiB:
been '
'decrees below zero on January 1 ,
Ijind on the eucceedliig night. Jan
uary 28, It dri pped to ::8 tfelow, the
jcoldest feather experienced
year. The whole wei't has
ivory coll, tho temperature n
ifrom 18 to lib below on an
iagp. At present the v.
moderated and snow is
Ward Kmith froze his
liotm. fi'itin toWU
Mrs. Klsa Smiti and little Tlau ah-. ! the poorer counties, .when com
if
Thosw thieves who tubbed Klihu
IIooL's cellar of a lot of rare wines
were evidently in too much of a hurry
to frisk the place for Hoot beer.
More Competition
i .John liatleyeorn may be dead, but
lit certainly take his funeral proces
'sion a long time to pass a given point
American shipping interests have a:
new woiry. Cermany, lor more man i.oifM.Mi
extend, further than to that hoinejtj,,. yclir8 ptht connected only with
which has Lron so overcast with sad- lliiazillnn and Kiver Plata ports, has
ness. As a member of h1;1 chu
and clubs she was ever active in help
ing make the community in which she
HiMile her home a better p'aci to live
i'lie
started two
V i i" . . ! 1 1 .... 1
I Wl! llJlIU 111 illlll IMILl.tl
i teamsliip lines to the
America, of-
;f!iing a combination freight and pas-
sen get servic.
, The situation, from the American'
'noint of view, is -comnliiatcd bv the
and it will be many, many y?arn. lv- ! f.u.t that Caribbean berths were al-;
fure the part she plaved in noeial anrf ! leady ovei-tonnagrd and there was not;
church life in Ii Grande haa hu-joi,
dimmed by, time. '
lit such times of deep mou.Ming
little can he said that heals tlie.U'li
ing hearts of the' bereaved :r-j,
but the ftunily of Mrs. Herman Sic
rist has extended to it the sympathy
the grim reaper passes among us.
business emuigh to allow American'
craft (ip)orlunity for profitable com-j
petition. Now the Cormnns invade
the field, ami their cheaply produced.
I goi'ds and low ft eight rates make j
Jthem particularly dangerous rivals. . j
' It onlv means on more problem fori
r.'Congriss an dthe Mbijtping Hoaul, our
, j more pi oiocin aonYU in tin score
triL,ir.;: oui of the foreign ti-ade situa
of the eommunily as a whole, in ft, t ion which are as yet unsolved,
im-asure such as is seldom meted ov.t I Whatever our naitot.nl regrets, i
. . . . , . . , , . I is true liiough the neither the K-cis
V the gnoving ones left behind vheMj... , ndministiativo b
has made any not aide progress us ye'
HACK TO ( HHISTMAS.
:t won't do,
The forks won't fit,
Tie tu-'s pale blue
I can't wear it.
The handkerchief
Is made for show,
liut when I sniff
I want to blow.
I.imburger cheese
Is perfume rare
Compared with these
Cignrs I share. o
I'ul I'd be game
And full of cheer
If Chrislniiis.eame
Ton times a year.
The Father of the Auto
. mobile. .
The pnme of (leoi jre llahlwin Seidell
voitld mean little to the average news
);per reader, if it were not coupled
wilh the explunalion that he was the
inventor of tho nutemoliiU. He died
the other day in -Hoi hester, N. V
There is considprnhre d'spute, us us
ual, over thr'cred'i for tins ureal m-
'Iher Christmas has passci with
out Hill lluhenzollern eatine; that din
ner in Paris.
Why ii'c they called "house iruests"
in the society items? Inquires the
sub-deb. Very few people coninei
their gm sts to sleep in the coal shed
or gauie. .
Ve are u. cd to being told that wi
are not a military people, an the tell
ing always nITor.ls us satisfaction, II ,V(, tU ril,.: sitU ,.lllv bo all ri-ht
appears that we are not a nation of but it doesn't cost u cent to take two
or three nunc looks, opines the movie
intei national - tradcis, eilber an.i
proh;iby It will take more than laws
to make lis so.
This nation is in a pretty bad way.
savs n writer in an eastern new-paper.
all because it is without a "-uper
tiK'hun" to run its governnc'it. It
sicmii a great pity, out until we nave
consulted a better rticlionary than the
tail.
A
flajnic;
thai pi
oca!
guy says th:
'ei lain
iiiinKs a graml piano m one
ivs Ijv pushing a button.
TLMIO TO !
Mi OPERA
vention. Some maintain, that tho fi:s'"ne at banH, we can't make any helo-
practicnl, conimcrciai moiot iar a ful suggestions.
built bv Iia;i em r.. Otis nt I.nn.sing,
Mich. (Mhert give (he honor to Ale-j
aiidej' Winlou ol t -Ifvelaeii, ,
Although priority is claim- 1 fir an
i ffciiglfc-dimnn named Hutler and a Grr
niiin nlimed liaimTor, there is little
question in tliis country at least, c f
,Nt Wen's v;htim to l.ave been the pi.ijwr
develoyer of' the internal jpibast io:
engine which is uvd now by nearly
all autoimtbibs, and which ha 'ide
tf nimUne po;-i le. He beean Hoik
ing on self propelleil stepin vvbi.de
in 177-'I, but sunn gave that up. The
iih t occurred to.v him of utiliin", in-
pV'iid of steam pressure, the inv-'rc
j'roduced by. esolo-iioiis wii'inn a c! s-
t'rt chamnn M1 exlmuMe . one ny
one, fho possibilities of ammonia g.i1,
hisulphite of rarbon anil otlvr linmd
fuels, a; id finally, in 177':, 'cnclud
that the solution of the problem wis
to be found in volatile inlrobuim pro
ducts.0 The "gas engine" i..d I he loo-
tor car ftiilowed tuiitk'v
Ore of th.- theatrical maV.auers i
planning 1 put on a play in whivh
there are t't be no love mcius. If it
is a Mui'ivs, Ul's try to have a war
the
and eh!!-,
Len Inn-1
panson is inado with the money
spent by thu state.
Only ' tWou run n tie.; have issued
no bonds for roads. Tlioe are Har
ney, Josephine and . Washington.
Harney, with its 6.357,120 acres. Is
tlio largest in the state, and has a
road bonding ability of $706,067.
Josephine has bonding ability , of
M!,U IS,' inid Washington $1,3!)0,
I HI. Josephine, while unbonded.
has Dm I.urge amount of outstanding
warvants. most jf which represent
money for roads. Clackamas, Crook
and Grant counties (have. touched
their limit; lame has almost reach
ed i t but there are many counties
rmeiic-U start-' which have bonded only from 30
n anew sho-s Thursday morn-, in'1 l Ul "T
io l .luiVr'..!Im. where Mr I iH'nhitled.
i oe mull -aniouiiL oi ine
tor, .lane Marie. . have gone to I.a i
Kirando to stay a week or so. June
.Marie has not be;Mi just as irubiisl i
land healthy as her parents, could :
wish since Christinas, having caught ,
a severe cold and sallering from ii
I troublesome couch. I
lialph Sullivan and wife
dren were visiting, at
ham home Sunday .1
Jack Ktarrleo find
from a week's stuy
Wednesday. .They
comiji iq
ill
cold
'v. Ire returned
in La lirande ,
suffered from ,
home 'and Mi 1
t lo-c-ient as a re- 1
pi ntracted
the
the cold
Starrloo Is
suit 'of a'
return trip.
Kay Noyse and Mr
oil
ini;
Kmerick's and Mr. Hildhillle's camp1
1.1 located. They, went to put tile
camp in shape fur the remainiUT of
the winter us the boys have a eon- '
tract to cut Ray N.iye'a years sup-!
ply of wood. ,
Miss Margare.t Johnson, te -.ichor
In tho Starkey ficho'oIiT Is planning!
to )llt on a pvogrum at the high
school house on Friday ulgli't! and
she is very bu-y nt prejent pi;e-i
paring for thu play-
Henry lleu.fe.r lias returned fioni
Hot I.ako and is greatly Improved
ill health. He is at the J. H. Kose
home.
The farmers are all Ibusy carUic
ff-r their stork as the cold weather
is hard on them.
l.lttle Mary Twidwejl has not
been very well tills week.
Primitive Living In G:r.m.
-Apart fiiiii ilni;;., a few vylogo
griipbs, some crude iolornni:'nis ' for
-women; u.ll'.Ue silk iuid fell, and 11
few simple woven l:sj-ies. no prod
ucts of native sMIird labor are oil
the minliet ia yj-mi. And even uilleli
of b;il Is OMia-c, in these few
lluis Is nrToly an linllanon of west
era and eas:ctn nrl. S11111II Indus
tries supply only ll.e most urgent
needs of tln-'l.iwcr i-las-es 'J'be rich
people b.iy lie ': ItlMines from abroad.
ami ihe p 'or cuke sh.ii.Uy shift wilh
the cheaper fid lies.
I'm t la 11 ii . Oregon, l to
great iierfoiinam-es ot the I
Opera company. Mar
get five
Tilde
celitly'
Krirfleii's name may
"after with that of Jane
did not nally inven'., le:
pro-ed the steam cieripe
it s ems po:-s ",,'e li.at
supidauted by theo ras
nearly all inopoc-.
mav o t'ect (dectricily to
etoli d heve-W-ilt,
who
A. 1- e-.
am will
ally
lispl.in
Back Iflo tho Constitution
"Hack to the ('onsti'aiio.p' Is the
motto of Ihe Marnlm''-Wvtlv School
of Government '': mship, ju .t
opened nt the College of William and
Mary at Willianishure Virirmi . H
marks the first movement, by an in
stitutifli engaged in producing; large
landers of, teuchers for the public
,-cheois. t c'moit radical propaganda
und temh i-cic.-o'V i'i"ipping i's g. 0
nates to carry into their cliir.sro-.mi-thornm-h
1. now ledg r' of govern nu'il-
i .1 Ctnol i nier; Inls and particularly of
ihoso id'vs ami ideals which distin
guish our- own mechanism olO.overn
yn.'m. ' l.i- i '.1:"'-'! vii. tit", n hi" lie ;.':
lira ml
2. 21 and 2
of u COIltl.lil
coniiauy will apir-ar In tin'
laud I'uhllc Auditorium prlor
aunuiil engagement rln San
t lie term
Iglieil, "the :
I'.irt
o the,
Fran-;
Wliere Your Crdi
' ' Use li
SI
infill
Is Good :
road
bonding limit in the state base, I on
flie C per cent limiataioa i's $61,
a48.2iil.82. while the bonds tvoted
to November 0, 1!)21. total $21,
2Si 7.i 4-I. Tiie bonding limit on the
o- per cent limitation basis is $1.
5K 1.087.1 1 for Colon county and
Cnion county had voted $1,4!)$,
J0 in bonds November 31, a 0 2 1 .
hilt! a tentative map of the
primary and secondary road sys
tems was di.icussed with ,i ropre
; U'litativo of ' (he bureau .of puhllc
( ro:tdi tiie past week under the fed
;eral aid law, the commission did
j not formally' 1 ubmlt tho map and
further time. has been requested
of the secretary of agriculture in
'which to make the filing, j There
are some 'roads tentatively on the
secondary system which may iut
hae the unanimous approval of the
"commission, and these may call for
ia minority report There Is one
such ro.id in uitern Oregon nnd
' n not her in western Oregon, hut
these may "bo iromul out b-ofnre
the map of the system is officially
submitted to Wnsh!ii?tuu.
Every roatl oil the map will be
1 inspected hy engineers' of the de
p:trtl:uiiit of public roads; and' these,
reports, with recommendations, will
be sent to the secretary of. agri
culture. It is possiMo that these
, government, engineers may recom
; mend the, Sherman h i g h w a y
through Sherman county as the
nortfieni end , :t Tho Dallcs-Cali-
rorni:i litghun. -Jnntead of the loca
tion through Wascu county to The
Hill Its. - .
The Reason or avn Substantlu GnowTH
is OUR bBBSTANTlALJLKViirt.,
J-in : it
' ' Sj' a J -1 c " a
THE MONEY YOU SAVE
IS WHAT COUNTS
Tlw. ii. ..,1
VIRHK'V all
Rrt'st'iit,
sViall d(
llili,
IVitiall
A
lrjnii
sub.--
pnsini:
.saviuo-.s (7niiits.
open an account
who is carniiiir fjoml
tl litis ni etircs lor 1 1 10
liould not i'oi'Lrct llio
losifc wet'kl.v, st'iiii
nioiillily, will "1 mild a
rank account in a sill"
rt time.
intercut on 1imo atul
A dollar will
United States National Bank
- I.a Grande, Ore.
SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF O'JR NEV,T
SYSTEM WE HAVE EECFIVED A GREAT
KANY FAVORABLE COPtT.IENT'3 FBOM
OUE SUBSCRIBERS. WE HAVE ALSO EE
CFIVED MANY ORDERS FOR NEW TELEPHONES.
i
All Eaotists.
.Tn.l p nnl.'lus sirys nol.orly ilncs any
hlng si wolf .Hm soin.body rloesii't
:bbd; lie eonbl ,b, Poller if he win,
o.lalie tie' trouble lo tr-.
COMPLETE HOME FURIMSS!
Vater Not lcompr8ibf.
U'ater. K-ner:i!!jreaVtled us prnc
I fealty Incnmpressible, decreases L'O
per rt-nt !n volume when subjected to
ii pressure or 1S(i;hj pnunds to the
square inch.
Tortland
northwest
tx, a '6iHwiu y. ntt wtjL firm j:.-
SOYS!!
pa ny, s.tys the
land wl'4) be
m.igyiit iiJ' and
the perfoiiimiu'
yvt the cur. i:
men of rortbutd h
atiteeQrnnd of $7
the co,s of l!ie
0
A Kanus Explanation,
No wonder n hen cacl.len. When
hn has laid an ci,- she I. as l.-nmclu-d
the iC'd'tllllllllv i f a r ;i ; .
se'.i-. .Lye-v..
Ilu' : :
the entire .j
Marv Oar- .3 .., ,
ib.Kiai.off. ?J FT,rv!3 7P
1 ' 20 Biscoisl
I too t lo' KJ ... 1
I M,',,,T , o . W-N Q I
ir 01 seen- j. a u I O
& o 0 kJ ii-J iLn6V o
I j o w 0 o
, 'Tr ''" li no ONLV A KKW J.RF'iP o
1 Limiiievs f J O U n O
:ie IMtsed a :;i!:it- h Q
H o WIH.WW11 iiiiuuililMU nilUfJT.il
j : -' ' ' 5oDiscount For Cash
Cisco and will inn h i
oinna center of the
thin aeason.
The contract calln fir
I'liicac.o company with
dell. MuVatore, Halsa.
l.a.'.zai I. Itluiini and 40 ot lier "world
Ntars. together with an orrbestra
of 71. ballet of ll'l, 7 Ht.t.e hands.
l'l e eiMidUi torn M mm lf and a vast
array of si rm'ty it 11 .1 e,il!imelit to
ro- neat opi'ia ia tie; s.imo oi ,ior
It is slu.v.u in Cli(i..;:o. New Vork
d other cneril cltle:i.
The I'Oliipiiliv l 111 tl Mvr
aj In tllleo rq
trains of 17 ba-'.::ai
co'dunies, etc. A total of li 1 1
persons will be nin-le,. Maty t'.ar-
b'U. '0"al dileeter (l tile colll-
produeliolis In I'ort
va.'tly the same ii
maynifiran.-e as ale
It HAD TIIE WANT ADS!
WE
TO TH
TORS
FORT TO
SCRIBERSVORDER
PHONES WITH TI
HAVING THS RAT
VE HEARD RUMOR'S, HOWEVER,
EFFECT, THAT CJuHTMN AG-IT A-
MAKINGA DE3PEP.ATS EF-
IAVE A NUMBER 07 0UIS SUB-
OUT THEIR TEL2
E EXFF.CTATI02T 01
3 REDUCED
uuKATlbtj, WI4ICH COMPARE FAV0R-
AELY WITH THE BALANCE OF TIIE
STATE, WERE AUTHORIZED ONLY AF
TER A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION A1VD
THEY WILL NOT EE REDUCED, SO D0I7:T
CHEAT YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR TELE
PHONE SERVICE.
TELEPHONE SERVICE IS THE CHEAPEST
' COMMODITY IN EXISTENCE. 0
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Vet 4
ram
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