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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1922)
T-T flRXNTVC FTENTNVr OB?r:T;rFn vsr.v, rnrn 3 "to Che Observer an iMii;i'i:in:i rurri it. I'lihlishfil flMly find wm-kly it t l.u niniHlf, Oivtfoii, hy La Ciaiuit' Kvon lHS Uljst rv.-r 1'ubl i -.Miik '"iMmny, liUIH'M HKN'NIS. IMilur, IN THE OLD HOME TOWN r 1 1 KnhTc.l nt the l' m Lit Cruruit I 'i 1 1 Mull.-!. Al'lrr-s it II cmii tin u riii 't t ion to T Oi:.si;LVKfI. rut; AUuiu Ave., L.n Craiicli-, Ontron. t i l l AMI I HI VI' V Ol i lCIAL On fliile In other i t l-n nri-iron Unit- Ni-wh KiHtul, 1'tirilitinl; Iimim-miiI New MhimI, f'orthiml; ilultncjiimh Now Kt find, I'orl l.i ml. tL MM ltIPTUt ItATU!. My Carrier. Dully, per month 7f Dully, imt 1 1 1 1 j nioiitliH 2! Dully, pt-r Mx mo., fn -lvnnee ....( 1.6' I Jh 1 1 y, hIiikI) ropy 6 H Hull. ra My. p.-r yenr. hi imIvhii. .. . on Dllilv, MX IIM.Iilh-. Ill lolvillue . , '.' M Dull,, ihrt-f iiiimhIii-, iii H.lwinci- ...Jl Dully. o-r month GO- 'i-.-l.y (ihxt-rvf r-Siar, by limit, pi-r yenr, in :i'lv;une . $1.01' AIKMIIi:it P AKNIH IATUIJ I'll KM. Tim A i shuc i in -l I 're an 1m t'Xrl iimi vt l1 entitlt'n; to una for iniltffcrttion of ill Hewn (ll.i(;ilin' rr'-litl to It or me otherwlff rrt'ililf-o! In this pftpr, mm lilso tin' Inciil rn-WH iu I1 1 nhel llierein All rluht.t of ri--puhMriitlori of huc-ciuI clIspiiiclHM htr iiIko urn ifMi-rvtMl. Bible Thought For Todaj KKWAHI) OK THE KICHTKOUS. Mark'' the perfect man, und behold the upright; for the en.i of that inn is pence. J'sahn .t7:37. ...;.'r- " "TIT''"- CNH'' ' Wc. FS-TCrF-WE SWIM '"1; To Lift This Country Up i and On (Kdiloriiil lit CoIllcr'Kl If piihlio-utility pouipanieH bore t li names of tho men who uiiiihihh them aa do departniciit stores, for iiiHtaiicii - tlie.rf would no doubt liavo ulwiiyn b''en a belter Kpnnriil utlltudn toward them. It 'lilionip Kon's Street Car t-onipany, or t!ie Joiu'H & fiuh Heat, Utilit it ii 1 Tower rompany were no named, the man who had a crow to pick with thorn would uKiially hlralnht to Ken neighbor Thouipson or Jones or Smith, uh the c.-iho nilht be; and that in a very iliiferent mutter In deed from writing a letter to some company doinn businem under the general name of the Jlrown's i-'erry Street Car company or the Amal gamated (In and Klectrlc Corpor ation. Hut thiH Is a result not to be achieved for the j:nit utility com pany understands that h Is burn Inn his own jms and ridinc on hi' own trolleys; hut he Is tomhiK to that knowledge, and Kill cum to ii all the sooner as th" ptibHc-er ice companies put thHr card on the table and itnlte him to look at them. Meanwhile, there are distinct filjrns of Iticreasinp falrnestt in the altitude pr the American people to ward thfse companleH. For Instance, there la n kio intr; sentiment through the country that the trac tion lines tdtonld he allowed, to charge a cawyiiiK liu'e nufficlent not only to take care of their fixed charKcs, but with something left over to provide beltemwnts and ex tensions. , It Is m hopeful sln w hii re view of the past year slum s the public-utility iietion as u whole receiving sane and busl news-like treatment at the hand of the regu latory bodies In the different Mutes. No one factor, except the human factor, is contrihuthilr more to get this jrcat nation hs-ch on Its 'fi nancial and economic Jens than is I the factor of eltrlclty. Kletrh enei'M)' is everlastingly on t he jol to red in e costs, to rut overhead, to short (Mi distances, to eliminate loss of time, to make 'on uiachlm ( whatever that maehlpe produces) do the work uf juany hands, to In crease the comforts and lighten the btmlena of (he nation. U was Watt, who Binre thnii v. century ago coined 'the term "horse power,'' using a strong dray horse I as a null. Assuming that tt horse pi-mines one horsepower which i true, of course, only for t he few horns than he can stand eontluuon: effort - It would take twenty mil lion horses to furnish the power now supplied by etect ileal centia Malions in the Inlted Stte-t. "If thPe twenty million horses," says an authority, -'W'ern tied to both sides of a picket line In nc cordaiue with the I'. S. Army Kleht Service llegulatlons. the double line of horses would be ti.ttOU mile luiu:.' Iwb e the distance from New York to San I'ramlsco." A cartoonist could make ..that pic lure graphic, as he could a pictuf' oi tii l.oM,iHMl indi iilual men and omen in America who are report ed to ha e money tn ested in elec trical s'i ritfes; ami as he could make n picture of the three bun died million dollars In" funds which the Insurance companies are said have in ested in public utility S( ril les. o wTe pat's to somethlnu uioie I in j)(8nt tind 10 s eftny to pict lire : the growing neel of the country for homes. House hulldini; Vl'hataO'W Increase In homes w in. toe is more than kepi pace w ti 1 AO t Increase In population. Th nee m t he met, anff it will I.e. hot we shoo! remember that evci home that built Is a "prospect ' for 'electric, nergy. It wiil lu-ed a telephone. r eleetrk lights, or ga. or nil three and it will need trans pnrliion lose by it. the closer th butler. , The public-utility companies, t i meet this great. (bMiiand, must d velop and must finance the devel opment. The financing iloit either by Helling securities ,dlroct;v to the holders or to tlnsanie hold ers indirectly through ,'the Insurant companies and hanks. Tho spirit of fair play, nlroady nt Mi tie u ed, will maid triis financ ing possible on a basis that Is fair and just to tfte companies and the piihllc. The cheaper we ,i -an make halts and wheels turn ; (lie more t can cut down osls; the morn w A baker explains that "the price of wlwnt has very little to do with the price of bread." That Is, when wheat Is 'going down. Same with other things. Klnstein was right trans:portctiou everything's relative. Only, we can Mise the 'never could understand Kinsteln. m eat nal nral fore in rivers and wate wiil we b- able Mi abreast but ahead H IIOW' fa! k( of th do) man! ; the better ; If our weather "conn from the p, not only I North l'ole," as scientists say, the simple, Is Just establish there. cotnpeti- problem lion of (lie world la (he making of a big heating plant up thtM'e. those ii nicies that other countries can produce as well as we. Hand In hand with the develop ment or transportation will go ths giant .elect ricity to cut down the cost of railroad operation, to give better street car service,, to turn tuorj wheels, to carry morn mes sages aver telephone and telegraph; lines; In plain words, to lift this1 country up and on, Koine fell when the people of her1 empire took to huddling in cities ; foreigners of eminence, like the (real historian Fcrrero, say that , the United States may well proTit hy Koine's example. ' A nation like man can die of poor circulation ' when the blood Is congested in thej heart." duly wit lifu the past few ; years has come a realization of the daneer; only lately have there come J into the picture those thouMands . and millions of slim, st rong wit es atony w hh h speeds energy capable of prvdui'ius more power, light, audi U'-at than any other known lotce. t 1 That energy, given its chauc,' to' work tl'rouliont the length of t In land, is goint: to remove ajl dan-, er of excessive utbaui.ation. Day I after day, given its ciiance, It I makes the small town a better 1 town in w hlcli to live; it brings , the farm closed to the small town,; putting the fatmer in instant touch w it h t tut merchant who buys hh; j produce, the (doctor who tends his ills and the neighbor, whose prob-1 leiiiH are as his own. ! More miles of nood roads, more . mo(or-propeed vtdib-les, extension of railroad lines --and electricity, : with its inn It Undo of present uses 1 and lis in I in it e possibllit ies -these will guard us forever against the 0tMlls of city congestion. Let's Income more (ban a nation of but 1 on pushers f we have It in our hands (o become a nation that really knows something about the most tremendous force in the world. Trance is hound to have peace if she h;s to start out and lick all the rest of I hi rope to get it . . THE OFFICE CAT !y as one w:n prnhahly started by taio worm. A I.a (inmilo man says thive tliiiiK? in this worlil art- always uncxu'i t.'.l triplets. N'cit every woman who in n "devote! ! SNORTS I'ltOM THK HA( K iiomi. Sume of our "ad" writi i s leave much to the imagination. (Inr-n nnfin n t inn. tm,;,,. diuhI : l''ir instanee: 'few yi'ars in Canada. He has tried at -Solid pack lonis 17." to the racket" plays tennis. No love same for those da men. men innke a follow'.-1 nnnille lon'i a Kood hit like a ea!'iml;e alter the low cr leaves have heen triinmej oi'l'. Some heads look so mneh like the -:ili-liare that it's easy enough f.ir I he haiher to he mistaken. various times to tell what the Camel ian rattle looked like after fominii in atoe ort the prairie in the Bpring. Word.; never seemed to give the rijfht pic ture, so you can imagine his deliirh' to see a life-size photo of one on the screen at the Sherry Theatre. IliliotiH Headache. When you have a severe head r'ic, ilir.o:-d"l'ed stomach and con.ttipa- Th;. mftm Si hit n:lfk tonl I7c, or it may mean -Solid : lion, UKe tnrec oi nam. en.yn ,, , pack tom-eats, 17 years old. pets, lie, . .. . v ..- I of the liver and bowels, effectu-.i I urine the hea.lahc.-. ndv. These new fancied air cut HON MOT. Hate you ever .veen a poet When he takes a binin-.-torm fit, And has to write a poem Before he dales to (uit ? He makes a home-run stampede For paper, pen and ink, ' . With fevciel ha-te he erahs them Then in a chair he'll sink. And quickly makes a cmpnund Of slams and slan and junk. And sticks it all together With some scntjiiientul hunk. It's written in a twinkling; And soon it's on the press, Rut not until that moment The poet's brain can rest. IMA LOON' SPEAK IX'i OF ITIINITI KE. June Hi ill.' "1 would like to hi Ian easy chair for my husband." .Salesman ".Morris?" numilllK nreweries in i. I. meres "No; Clarence." always soinethliiK browlnn over I The idea thai two can live as eh"ap- ""When a modern girl says ph" hasn't anything fit to wear to church, she doesn't mean what the old fash ioned girl did. ANOTIIKU ONE BA(3i TO NOItMAl.C Y. With the return of the corset the ! "shimmy" has been entirely eradicat ed from the danes." Fashion note. ' Which nieanH, we tfuess, that the i poor old stoimmy will have to go back I to hi'inf just a tommon old unmen-! tionable garment auain. r . JOSH WISK .SKZ: It is easier to recover from an ill ness than from a bankrupt friend He careful whom you trust. The nations agree to scrap battle! ships and Will Hays says the post ,office ought to be taken out of poli- i tics. The millennium may In; around ' the corner.. i f I ! -! 1 - rrvr a Pl OVF h lens1 Odu 17 Mittom Jen Umt Yiy I ely Quality - Preparation Service Rule A U TA The Reason for our Substantial Giiowrii. is ous Substantial service JT o a v u w .a -i x-v . V ,j a a "i ' .y i j c o o o ci -.v IS WHAT COUNTS Tho in;i who is c;irniiio- r,,oii inoiifv jiaul liiis no cures I'm thr! hliould not' foi'tfet "til J iture. posit weekly,- semi lnoiitlily, will hn.ihi it lunik iiccoiiril in a .sut" lmsirisiy sliort time. We pay Y'r interest! on time fiTi'l Siiviiijrs ;iccoiinls. A dnlhir will open an account. United Statcs National Bank La Grande, Ore. M Is PraHed hy all. Users A Trial ViiKCon ince You If Irehind Isn't careful, i)o Vn lera will soon be looking for no mi ni her conn fry to net free. the m1 coal Co. in g J Phone Main 17 Cn.t s. efficiency tho vil pmhlcm huIvimI by Tt contains fVnre dollar lor dolltrVuluo hy ninkimr lens sot, fih nnd clinker.. S up v t i o f DomSiW l.uni for convcnuim fcmuH-iicul luulinj;.1 tJT-" m i mm S liOYD 5J bar)' Biiildiii" r(;i;iL..M iwiii'N BOYS! EOYSll '20k; Discount SOU OXI.V A I'KW 1.1, OHEBDMiiARDWAn HD lift G0. 5'"- Discount For Cash SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF OUR KEV7 SYSTEM WE HAVE E3CEIVED A G2EAT MANY FAVORABLE C0MTJEKT3 FROM OUR SUBSCRIBERS. WE HAVE ALSO RE CEIVED MANY ORDERS FOR NEW TELE PHONES. WE HAVE HEARD RUKOfttf, HOWEVER, TO THE EFFECT THAT CERTAIN AGITA TORS ARE MAKING! A DESPERATE EF FORT TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CUR SUB SCRreERS ORrivSk OUT THEIR TELE PHONES WITH HE EXPECTATION OF HAVING THE RATES REDUCED OUR RATjWHICH COMPARE FAVOR ABLY WITH THE BALANCE OF THE STATE, WERE AUTHORIZED ONLY AF TER A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION AND THEY WILL NOT BE REDUCED, SO DON T CHEAT YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR TELE PHONE SERVICE. TELEPHONE SERVICE IS THE CHEAPEST COMMODITY IN EXISTENCE. 1 i. k4 Midi.,
