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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
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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'
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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''"-
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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.
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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
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Quality - Preparation Service Rule
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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
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BOYS! EOYSll
'20k; Discount
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OHEBDMiiARDWAn
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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.
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