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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1922)
PAOEKOEK Tnepflny. February 2S, 1022 Che bsci-uct an iiii;i'i':M)i;.M' m:w M'Ai-i:it. I'ublistuMi daily und weekly at La (irauue, (.miffon, ny i.o, (.iranda Kven ing ObHtTVitr 'nbllHhin Company. iiHUCK DUNN it. Editor. , ; Entered at the Jotomce at La Orando, OrcKoo, aa bucond ('lung Mall Matter. Add reus all coimnunk-iitloua to THE owhiivMi, nib Adam Ave., Grand u, Oreiton. VITV AM CO I1 VI' Y Ol'FICIAL I'AI-llt. On Bile In other cltlea OreKon Hotel Newn bland, I'orUuiid: Imoertal Newa Stand, l'ortlutid; MultuouiaU Newa Btand, Portland. Htllbt IM.'TIO HA US, Ily Cnrrirr. Dally, per month Dally, per three months Dally, pr alx mo., in advance Dally, aliiKle copy iiy Aiiiil. Dully, per yenr, in advance ... Dally; six month. In ndvance Dally, three monthti. In advance uaiiv, per morun Weekly ObatTVur-Ktnr. bv mall. pjr year, In advance ..$1.00 15.00 l il.26 eoe MKUUKH OK AS V,M I ATKII IMtKSS. The Anaoclaed l'r-HS ta exclusively Untitled to ue for publication of all Duwi dinpntchcii croditt-d to It or not otherwlHu crudltod In till pnprr, and 110 the local now fiuit nht-u therein. All rlRhte of re-publk-iit ion of apuclal aiflpaicnes nure a mo are r;ervea. Bible Thought. For Todaj ; THE 'FIRST. 'AND. THE LAST: I am the first and 1 um the lust; and .besides me there is no God Is .there a God, besides-me? yea, there is fiofJod: 1 know not any. Isa. 44:0, 8, IN THE OLD XOME TOWN 'vr'.fc'ti - Wit .t,oNiii'i iVU .... A (- ..lis. " SgjylB ' ' ' ' 1 - JDoctJ 3 --- ST1NGY Nl(,'NS REFUSED TOSlON THE PETITION BEIM& CIRCULATED PORAHBV WATERNQ TRxUSH ON tTJWEftMAiN STREET Statesmanship Is NeedJed ifhcoe are Injurious to the health and clothing ot human beings anu to plant life. There is also a heavy economic cost in the depreciation of .buildings, stock and furnishings, and in fuel wasted in smoke That particular city, says a health ; official, "enjoys an amazingly, and ; one would be tempted to say, an in- ( tolerably polluted air all the year! around. The reason is not that such j air pollution cannot be abated, or th.it similar disgraceful interference with ; health and the enjoyment of life hi not been controlled elsewhere! . The war against this sort of smok? has been slow in starting, but it gaining momentum. City after city j is taking up smoke abatement prob j lems with the serious determination ' to do away with the e. as soon sl- possible. Tr.e harmful effects of dar THE OFFICE CAT ruxix: Bad Buildiiig Where ' -What is needed in the coal industry Sk industrial statesmanship, instead of the' usual bickering of miners and op rrntors and the usual ignoring of eco nomic law nnd public interest, The workers are trying to keep uo wages and reduce working hours, and the employers are trying to keep up prices and profit without any appar ent effort to solve the real problem. Thut real problem, as an intelligent land dirty air are nwufnued. arl with outsider is likely to sec it. is to change j that ntvgr.r.-.on eom t eftort to coal mining from a seasonal industry i check th rsisarxes- Ti siiarsefu' to n steady, all-year-round industry, pugt of .th b r tt: sbiali be With production properly adjusted t warri-g to th wui'jtr tan. -.consumpiion anu me workers nuunc u decent living as they would expect i it do in uny better ordered industry, j The coal industry is obvioiwly over- 1.ve,.1:i;0 rf ,W;r ud bw-1 manned There are so many miners m. ffri nd- coal produc ,on is so eas- tha: : Mo tie .ur ,-a--- IH c;nI?ot kcpt bu,y thf phe, has rwurtei m ci.m es and md i: fir prutecciwn "war of them to other intluRtriea, or else, if coal production is to continue a "sea- Honal JntlUKtry, nume other kind of work should be found for them dur infg the .idle periods. ; ' deduction of working time jn the mines to !i0 hours a week, proposed by the miners, affords no reaj solution. Six hours, save in, exceptional .ruses, as riot a day's work, either manual or mental; and society needs a full day's work from all its able-bodied and able minded members. The general wel fare, can only be promoted when all pfc-busy and productive riirht along. Is it beyond the power of either tmddern business or modern statesman ship to solve such a problem as this? 3(t i' far more important than the u yal matters considered , by Congress nnd the state lotrislnturcs.: , i ''Bay, boss," answored the. darky, "Ah dunno who 'twua fust made dat stuff, but Ah knows whur you kia git eome." Ills Coudilloii Kansas City Star: "How are you ' coming on, Unclo Bragg?" asked an acquaintance. 'Well, I'll Just toll ye, Cube," , answered old Hragg Sockery of Mount I'lzgy, Ark. "I hain't doing no pertlcklor good. 'I'ears like the doctor and the neighbors don't un derstand my caso. -Some aaya one thing about It and some says some thing else, till I'll be dogged if I don't get to mrler wondering . whether 110110 of 'em have got any sense. I ton't UKo to aisupp iut my rritlids though, and 1 hate to waste what I pay the doctor for. So I've took enough of one thing and, tutlier to float a boat, and have! klndu got Hi o notion tlut what's) the mailer with mo is simply what's the matlor with me, und there hain't no help for It." An orator 'Says not ono man in ten can think on his feet. He may be right, at that. But why drag' ill the words, "on hiB feet?" Coats, Suits, Dresses : All New For the First Spring) Daf 's There never was a' time when early spring buying was so advantageous us .tho Jeseut spring season. Our ready-to-wear customers will have a choice of selection from tne niosi plete stocks In' our store's hisfory. .' M , . ,,,..11,. ,i,,.t thev A great many customers are eagerly selecting now becnusc of the assured rtt,1 'ml 1 ' are getting, the sttison's best to seloct from and that the values are worth IH e "r oveTy menls arc. so broad and the values so exceptional 111 every department of the store, 111.11 Indication points to a very busy spring season. . We are particularly anxious ut this time to havo tho women and misses to visit reudy-to-wear department. FARM PRODUCT. PIES RISEN SOME lteport of Federal "Reserve 5ank Shows Healthy Ad vance Siiii-o Firsb of Year. Distinctive " PEtlO Y PAIGE" ' DRESSES Sold Exclusively Here "Pfcguy Paige" frocks each season set a beauty atandard. When you actually see the artistic lines, the . ingenuous 'de signing or tnese frocks portrayed in the many beautiful models we now have on display liere, you will agree with us that spring this year is to be UKhered in with 110 lack of beauty, freshness and splendor in apparel. "Peggy Paige" frocks are exclusive modols of the finest type they are sold O.N'LY to this store for distribution. Compare our prices of "Peggy Paige" frocks with the stores of the larger cities Belling thoni. And there are , many other spring dresses In very distinctive mudcls that will immediately Interest you. Stop In and see them. Prices raugo from - 2G.00 up to J65.00. Ueauiil'nl New GOATS 12.30 to $08.30 Thd wide range of prices should con vince you of a very f great assortment to select from. There are I'olo Coats in every desired style and quality Tweed coats and coats or lU'htwelKht materials, lined with bright colored ks. Tho sprlnc wrap is a great favorite free and untrummeled with a close fit ting collar, a cord or belt perhaps, but as breezy in line, as spring itself. Coats for the yoiini: miss of 14 and 16 are hero in the styles tho same aa those for older women. Never a better assortment! Never bet ter in stylo and spring shades, and never hotter in price! Wo invito you early. ' viii:i:zh I couh, I sneeze, I snort. I wheeze, I'm in a perfect frenzy, My head is dough, My no?e won't go, got the influenz-y. If 11 C3i4 ' U.S2: is true that there are :u ords in the Japanese lan bow do the Japs start :i en a euld morning? that, either tho number of miners should be reduced, by diverting part ! . (Jij Associated Press) SAN FHANCISCO, Feb. 28.-Price of most of the principal farm pro ducts of the Twelfth Fedttal Ite- fcrvo District have risen material ly since tho first ,of the year, John Perrln, federal reserve agent, San Francisco, declartU in his monthly report made public here today. ''Wheat, wool pud all kinds of livestock benefitted paticuhirly, as did also the citrus , fruits, but the latter at the expense of damage by killing frosts and .winds estimated as high as 50 per cent of the an ticipated crop," the report sabl. -j operations by five of the principal "Commodities such as barley, rice: copper companies of Arizona which and cotton which did not partlcl-1 navo been closed, since May 1921 Healing A minister who is romhtclinjr heal ing services in nn Kpiscopal church in S certain civ in .drawing much atten tion io the Tact 6f healinjr by faith. One citizen, more thoughtful than tho wvernsre in these matters, writes to his daily paper: "I question very seriously any meth od of healing that docs not teach the individual tho truth about himself. I mean by this not a system of denials, but a constructive philosophy. One :miay be helped and uplifted by he posi tive und constructive radiation of the healer, hut beware! You will always be calling 0 practitioner or healer unless you develop a health conscious ness, and when you do this, (and let me say right here that tins is not ac complished in a moment, but is a Rteady growth or unfoldmcnt) you are heslcd U stay healed." This, as medical men, minister and specialists of all kinds who have gone into the matter of faith cures with .seriousness seem to agree, is the fun damental truth. From- tho cheery family physician who comes in with a smile and Mo! You're not sick! We'll have you out of here in a few days!" through all the 'jne of healers, mater ial and psychological, the principle is , the same. A sudden, strong spiritual impetus, undoubtedly, is a very valuable aid; U gives a wholesome shock and f resn start both to the body and the soul. After this, the man who "through steady giowth and unfoldment devel- ment develops a health cnnstMousness makes his spiritual thought take form in a sensible, well-balanced life, tin less he does this, the experts say, hn is but a one-sided healing, nnd he h Hot likely to stay healed. reasons It U p&$t'&le thai: tnj a rut nt thusa ; ... . " j . m i iwlMad or pneumonia, without any aii?n: in tpus of i "ifj you see Bilk-clad ankles .Jt t-.i weather liko this, you won i? tber she is trying to cute 1 ing faults, but a ioen r!fJtl ?jc human life forbids taking scicil cha-ic- A Youthful Sherlock Holme-)1' Barper's Magazine: William' Mur- VSashiRton is not th or.y c:tr. ... 1 ,, . . ... -1 mother s bedroom . with a small Kit- where such a condition obtam, n4 . . . . . . . ( , . . - . .1... I ini HV nmi J1LK(.'U .UI HI iiirr bihti . . . n; land aknl if It were ta "boy cat genre of mankind. .Washington prof its by its awful warning. How abou: the other cities and towns? America may not have chemisU who understand how to make syn thetic 'gold out of base , metals, but she has her wizards, who know how to make hard dollars out of fL marks , . o- . t : Thev am' that "live and let live" is the motto of Hollywood.'' The trouble is. that about every so often that phd osnphy ends in die and let die. A sdothsaycr predicts all sorts of calamities for the end of this month We should worry about the end. of any month it's the first of the month that has us Muffalned. 0 A Gunnison, Colo., man gives hi boarder free meals whenever the sun does not shine, liere at last is a perfect demonstration of tho clou.l with a silver lining, . o While human beings are starving, 60,000 poumls of meat and fish were ordered destroyed in a single Ameri can city the other day because they had been kept In storage too long. Communities planning a spring elenn-up campaign might write Ponzi or lVischoff for pointers. With Cannon gone, will there bo any big guns left in Congress ? ""lie Annual Smoke-fall The 1 H 4 r .unity -. vil of th western h!ulrial ritirs is at .lti.. ,,,,... ijm1" ''JL1 Anyway, you have to admit thes. modern girls are good at figures. UKCl'.IVKU vVSKKl). IIIV ,MiH'lrtt.'tl iT.'rtl WASlllNCTON, Feb. 28. Finance applications filed Monday with the in terstate commerce commission includ ed an application from the receivers of the Denver & Salt l ake railroad for a government loan of ?l!,500,l)00. DAI) I'AKOI.FD TO SON. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 2S. Hurry Solomon, a blacksmith, 41 years old, was paroled to his 14-year-old son. Oscar, a hoy scout ill municipal court here today. ST1M111.K COSTS FOFK 1.1 VKS. 1'lTSMOOll, Kng.. Feb. L'S. While leading her throe grandchildren from her burning homo Mm, Catherine lwrrncr atumbli'd and fell. The chil drn fll nrros her body riil ail r 8h owted. iHXilSM. . w.-T j , u O. iL I , 7 , ' Willi ! i"e O ' TJr?1 i-A t tv ve in store lor f Mie 4Uri, M, ', police ffc Mance .0, ntf,neq,. ffc. no 4s.r,fc nmmA tolcil!, her4,b a.0us coiflent of t. timo m wWMt? carbon dioxirf, ,trous avid. hta. .:i, ... aa Mrt to or a 'gtrl cat," as lie wanted to give It a name. Ills grandmother told him she would -find out" an 1 that he might keep tho kitten. t The next day I ho burst . iittu the room in great gleo and announced: "I named Jier i NUuy." v ., '(- "How 'did yon. find out It was a glil cut?'" his grandmother ask ed. 1 ' U.'. :a' "Well." replied .Willlniiu' "I watched her, and sho washed her face, rtnd sho washtnl her ears, and she washed behind her ears,, and nobody (but ii girl cat would, wash behind her oars." t ' ; ' '3 (lAtIK .MODEL HATS, In Early Spring Showing A very Important and attractive display of these popular Gaito model hats nre now ready for your Inspection In our millinery depart ment. Poople) who know the excluslveness always found In Cage hats, will welcome this early showing. -Millinery Department In Balcony. PONGEE 15L0L'SES With' Peter Pan Collar ft.'jO Made of fine Imported silk pongee In this most popular style. Kveryone wants them it hns been hard to keep them In stock. They are In nearly every size now. Priced ?4.50. pate In tho general rise nre never theless at prices '..'ompariiig favor ably with those of a year ago. "Since a large part of last year's crop is already out of the' farmers' hands the recent rise in-prices will not operate primarily to Increase retdrn tu producers. It Is .slgntfl Tneir resumption will mean that seven of the firteen principal cop per mines in this district will be In operation. "Petroleum production In Califor nia, although decreasing 3 'per , cent in January, compared - with Decem ber. 1921, still outruns consumo- cant Jn Its Hearing upon returns to 'tion and stocks are now at the bo received from crops now. in the1 peak since the low noint of De- ground. "That the Increased prices, how ever, resulted ,lu a considerable marketing of products would appear comber, 1920 of 36,000,000 barrels "Employment conditions . during January were practically unchanged as compared with December with Knew the Place- Harper's Maguzinc: A business firm recently adopted Kdison's plan for testing the intelligence of men applying for' positions. A man ap plying for a position as superin tendent would be expected to an swer all the questions on the list submitted. One wishing to become a clerk faced only half the list; as tho Job npplleU for dwindled In liuportunce, Ilia ninoiiut of know ledge nucossary to secure It grew smaller. A colored man who had applied for a job as porter received a card hearlni: the simile u.tit'sttoi, "Who Invented the cotton gin?" "Well." said the clerk, to whom ho returned the card, "what's the answer?" from the -condition reports of .the i much unemployment in the mining 66 reporting nieinbi'rs banks, in the j centers, in .unetaP trades, at the principal cities of the district. : The shipyards, and among unskilled decline In their, loans and discounts ; workers. Iteal Improvement is an betweon -antiary: 4 and February 8iticipatcd with the resumption: of was slightly over , $60,000,000, or I farm work und"" otheioutdoor' labor '6.9 per cent.' und they-reduced their the spring. -' ' -' V '- borrowings .fro.,,: the floral re-! .,, , e omnUrci nd serve bank to J21.000 000 de-, lm,lr0vc.,ent Is ..ppurepe in clinofor the month of J12.fl00.000. the retrn8 cover, tlle' ;ovo;ent or. 37. A per cent.' , Hills discount-1 . ,.,., , ,, ,,,,.,, ,h ejl by .Lite, federal .reserve bank for nil incumber bunks oil -February 8 CISVOS.OOO') were 11.0 peV cent less In nmoiint than they were January 11, and constitute a new low figure for the readjustment period. "The lumber Industry of the dis trict continued to improve during January, increases being registered in production, shipments and orders received, both as compared with the months ot DccenibHr and January, 1921. The cut of tho largest lum ber association in the district for tho week ending February 11 (134 mills reporting) was only 11 nor csnt below normal. Tho export movement of Douglas Fir during 1921 (455.233.000 reel) exceeded by 6.000.000 feet the exports of 1920. "In the mining industry the note worthy development was the an nouncement of decisions to resume principal - ports' of the district ditr- lliig tho lust 'six months. bY loSl. Both Imports and exports- In th lamer niiniber of permits issued month ot December, 1921, exceed- ed In value those of December. 1020, the former "by 154 per cent nnd the latter by .l per cent. .The greatest movement is reported in the trade .with Japan and tho United - Kingdom. ."Retail trade as reflected In re ports from 33.' department stores in the leading cities of the district continues to exceed in volume that of a year ago. 'The decline .In value of total . Janunry i Bales - of t these department stores, when compared with January, , 1922, ill -excess of those of January,, 1921. Six of the seven remaining, lines report a per centage of decline In " the . dollar value -of . their; January -sales -.which is .appreciably; lessf- tha.ii the' por centage',off dot-IIiloy reported In the prices:,, of j their f'gbods" during tthe jcari - - .; ' ,:' .',. ' , '.. '.. -. 't .-. 'I I - : . 'j ' . i ' -'.- .. ' "Building,' activity ..';lias',. again reached . reicprd i proportions, : exceed ing by.' l'3j(9O(r,600,. or ' 155 per cent,, .' the vilue . ot 'operations re ported for 0aiiiiary,;'l21., f Of the 20 cities ,Teportlng( . 14 advise a during January, 1922, than during January, 1921. "Business failures' during Janu ary, following the national trend, were larger In number tliun In any inonth during recent years. "The volume of business being done tliroiiKhoiit the district gen erally ns measured by debits to in dividual accounts for January con tinues larger than It wan a year, ago. The value of these debits during .January, 1922, in 20 prin cipal .cities' wus about 8.3 per cent less; than it was In January, 192J, us compared with a dcellno of 21, per cent ill wholesale prices aii(l' slightly less than this figure In re tail prices during. the same period.! Hear tho seven-year-old boy Trap 'Drummer, at Hex- Hall,. Wednesday! iMarch 1st'. .;. ',. 2-27-2t' . ...... .! ; COW IN A C1UXA SHOP. (I : TI PfBRARY,, Ireland, -Feb. 28. cow eiftercd the largest china -shop in Ihe main street here, passed back' am) forth, between the counters for 13 minutes and then deParted-withoui causing the slightest damaeo, "" rVfT' iTfii V--i TOM UJ In The Business World Thj man vwho" hat character and maintains a good deposit in a reliable bank . has many ad vantages.' We &si prepared to Kelp our depositors as fully as tsftt banking BaoUioda will permit SSuiU up yxHw Wiotets taad. if.'E PAY. I 47.: Qrt TlilE il PEP0S1T3 !l LA GRANDE NATIONAL.6ANK a a i r Mitt ' a n p MALLEABLE fears' tvSiSl . Jlalleable inn ranges are su perior to east ranges in that they are unbreakable, all .joints are riveted, and no put ty is needed to keep tlieni tight. Our price on Monarch Malleable lJanges is so low ym can aHford to buv no other. Monarch No. 3524 V ftf CASH PBIC $37.50 Terms. j MONAWH t'SKn.S 'ARK llLWAYM .VATISEIED DOnnenK- amp Co. 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