La Grande evening observer., March 30, 1922, Image 4

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LA GTl AND R EVENWf OTiSRRVER r.
March" nn.102'2
Cbc Obscnvctt
an imh'i:mu:.s r m:umiai'u:iu
'ubllniit-a dmJv and wtiuklv at La
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lug Observer rublMifnic otnpauy. I
HUUCK DKNNIH, Editor.
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CEREMONIES
JOFL CMADWICK GOT A TCUfCWAM FK-OM HIS nLP.- ;T
THE CITY ITS NOT KNOWN YCT WHE71II IT
BROKE Ol M J't- -
Bible Thought. For Todaj ' ta i)robHbly just nd wl8P lt
.... nilnlmlti). 4Iim rhnncA nf nlipn rpsl-'
..,., . , 1 11. . . ,. tli'uts ronia nlng ulicn and irufltlnc
KKT: A. name 1 rather to uo, ' .
I'lioHcn than urcut ricliim, and luvlnK
favour li.lliur Uian silver and fold.
. U'roviTOB 22:1,
by Anii'rRait uiiportnnity without
KlvliiB a fair return ill loyalty and
wrvicc. Jt puts a premium on
Americmiitiin and helps, in a proper !
and natural way. to repay the di lit
the country owes to its defenders.
air 1 tv.. iy1l-'l !
meaouicu jtiiuhc lain j;
The 'pirbllp may rooai hfivi an op-
THE OFFICE CAT
jcarc
IE KEPT UP
(0 Aaaocfated Prens).
PEKI.VO, Mar. 30. In aplto of
the fact that Chlnu dynimty haa been
out of power nliicB and the
present emperor of China In a vir
tual prisoner In the Forbidden City
of Peking, all cei-emonles conneeted.
with the Mnm-hu emperors are still
kept up. At the recent Chinese New
Year'! celebration the customary'
honor was paid to the spirits of the'
emperors ' In their resting place at'
the lEastern Tomba. Offerings ofj
food and provisions were placed be-'
fore the tombs and the old .Mauehu
j officials who are still realned In of
, flee by tlio Chlng dynasty kowtowed
! according to the custom prescribed
ill Manchu house law for the Imper
ial family.
i These officials nro experiencing
considerable difficulty in following
luiit all the old custonu because of
the lack of funds available for the
upkeep of the emperors' tombs. The j
!funds promised to tho imperiul fam-!
ily by the republican government;
ar usu.illy very tardily paid with
tho result that poverty is facing j
Iho onc-tlmo affluent MnuchiH. At I
the Kasteru tombs many of the
Maiirhus. deprived of the annual'
stipend formerly paid by the Im
perial government, have been forced
to become gatherers of wood and
rharcoal in order to support them
selves. The old towns mid Til-'
lages are falling Into ruins, the for
ests of the huge tract .devoted ..to;
the burial of. the eiupei-ors ltr0 f;lst
becoming devastated, and the mono-.
mental tombs arc beginning, to fall ll
into ruin and decay ' j1
..in. emir, is oeing maje hy the
officials of the tombs, however, to
maintain the glory'of the dead em
porers, and the eereinunies at New
Year's typifi.M the latitude 61 the.ie
faithful adherents of a departel or
der who refuse to allow the glorv
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I liicoiporntea La Urand '
Our Ladies 'Wear Uepartiiient iMakcs Iieady AN'itli
New Silk Undergarments
Greatest Assortment 'And Finest Stoek We've Ever
Shown!
.' Half-Time andj.Half-Pay
It may Bceut a far cry from geol
ogy to coal strikes, but tho report
of the Geological Survey on the soft ;
coal Industry clearly explains n good portunity to pay for telephone con-;
deal of tho coal miners' discon-i versatlon -by the minute. 11 an,
tont." , Instrument now Installed " In , the,
The Survey chows that during the Everett, Wash., telephone system isj
last 30 years the. coal minor! have . adopted generally. . ,
lost 'iin average of !)3 working days 1 Tho teln hronomeler begins regis-j
a year. That Is bad enough. Sup- terlug the Instant tho receiver is I
pose the ordinary business man or lifted from the hook, and it .cease .
railroad man or professional man not lmtil the receiver is replied. ,
were forced to remain Idle, without Incidentally, It not only records the;
compensation, threo working days tlmo consumed by the persons tain- The t;.-!ppm!r female feels that of the Chin's dynasty and the -M
out of every 10. I'"g. uui n cnecKs up on me us-, suture nas handicapped her by giving chu rule (o be dimmed
Lately is lias been much worse). tener In." ami that particular sin- j her two ears and only or.e tongue. '
Tho mines were shut down 113 'ner must pay for his eavesdrop- ,
working days in 1919, 84 days 1.1 . P'ng. CI RKKNT COMMENT.
1920 and 138 days In 1921. Last' At first this sounds like too much Hordes of aut..s now remiril u-i
yenr, then, the miners worked only, of a good thing. In the long run. We shuuM build our roads to stay,
n little more than half time. One I however. It Is said to work very And departing leave behind us
week's pay had to be stretched over Justly. Officials of the Pugi-t Sound Kind that rair.s don't waih awar.
nearly two weeks. Telephone company believe (hat. When our ehiidre.i pay the n-.0r.ga5
In such it situation, wage scales "ie.se meters will reduce telephone Father rr.a ie to haul the load-,
obviously cannot be taken ul their ; costs to fully 80 per cent of their They'll nut have to a.-k the question,
face value. A miner and his fam- subscribers. They have made care-1 "Here's the bonds, but where'i the
Ily have to keep on living whether ful tests which they say point to roads?'' rr Associated Press)
thoy aro working or riot. It Is the such a result. They found that; " DETROIT,' .Mich., .Mar. 'M. Occu-'
year's Income that counts, and the !one-thlrd of all their subscribers! Ela-Uic curre.vy is the kind that PMr.R an ;entire city block on West1
nvorage year's wage of the miners ' used two-thirds of all the registered will stretch from one cay day ta the Grande Boulevard, Detroit's most not-1
last year was certainly a starvation time consumption on all the lines. , next. ed driveway;, the 15-story offic build-
UAIUUM
VESTS AND
PANTS
$3(r setf"-
A sot consisting of
vesb. iul t)!.ntsr,.vorx
nin! bint ruf'b.' rt; Ui
Oeatitiful mhterinlna
dlum. These arc vory
specially priced and
the quantity is limited.
Exquisite Things Ijeooniin-r
lirides To lie
These Fairy fine garments havo just been
uupackod. ,-ll'hey ,vcre secured in a very for
tunate purchase, rroiu every standpoint
price, quality and distinction in styles.
Ueiutlful. gowns of ltadiiim silk and Prepo
do Chine combinations, 1 vests, paints,
knickers, camisoles and union suits too all
in a 'wondrous array of jdalnty styles and
material!.' The trimmings on all of these
are beautiful.
We especially Invite tho misses who havo
trousseau chests where they carefully stow
away their choicest "undies" to see this wou
derf ul now selection.
RADIUM
SiLK GOWNS
These are the most
beautiful of nil' the
new gowns .iio ma
terial ' of course is
rich, and the laces
and dainty trimmings
are all superb. Ask
to-, see these lovely
gowns, of 4ad,i,uiu at
.5..
In The Infants. Wear!
S '
IRE ERECTED
LidTlE
NEWXKNITTED sweaters
And Crocheted Sacques
-In blue and pink, combinations of
As dilnfXas tey can be ma.de
thcio shades aXl plain white.
Very attractiV-rutle sweaters to keep the baby warm and comfy.
Prices am from $1.75 up to $3.50.
And we are also showing new babies' booties, roues, etc. all tho
dainty little garments so suitable for gifts may now bo found here. '
e invite mothers, slstors and brothers all to see them.
wage.
,The other two-thirds of the sub-
mg and research laboratory of the
This Is a fact to be kept In mind scrlbers got along on one-third of The Farmer: "Ain't that a fine tjeneral Motors Corporation ranks as
as the coal situation comes to a'he time. During a 30-day test It; cow?" the largest structure of its 'kind in
crisis. It does not justify a strike. ' was found that one business firm Motorist (absent-mindedly): "Ho'v the world.
but It helm to explain a strike, by used only 10 minutes of telephone 1 many miies will she do on a g-.il!,m The buiWin?; recently complete;! a.t
explaining the mood of the strikers, time, while another used 5.570 min-'of miik?'' a cost of ?15,000,000, hvi a floor are 1
Hunger does not reason clearly. It utes. Party line disclosures show a! "t acres and will accomodate 0,000
Is not higher wages the miners re- similarly surprising variation. On FATHER'S CHANGE. workers in it.l,750 offices.
quire, but more work per miner one four-party line one subsrribwr! Edinb'jrh Scotsman: Willie tto The .-travture is a city within itself
or fewer workers per mie. used about 10 minutes a month, an- his father who ha. I recently married as 't contains1 restaurants, swimmin-t
The Industry Is In a badly mud- other used 2,0-10 a month, and tbc.tne second time) There's a shun in Pois, gymnasiums, bowlinjr allevs and
I La Grande's Greatest Department Stoi
died state, with no rational adjust- other two used a good deal less than
ment of labor to produ-tinn. of the maximum, though more than
wages to profits or of jirofits to the minimum. Yet all four parti. s
prices, and with a huge overhead won ll pay the same basic rate under
expense carried through long per- the -old system.
lods of Idleness, to be paid for kv , The. moderate talker will pay less
the public. What the coiU IndustrV thnu furmerly for telephone servl e.
needs Is nut a labor war, but In- while long-winded talkers will pay
duslrlul' statesmanship, ,to revamp pretty heavily. The phone hog, the
tuu w hole businiiis, Sore nnil the gossip may hav-. to
-J o j find other pasttliues. That in Itsc'.r
The HaDDV COD ; would make the new system Ihvalu
j
I able
,;i
The Forum
1KIH IIMllll I! I)M I-;
l-..PI,.I.M.l)
It may be, as the old Oilbert-Sul-llvau
song says, that "Take one
consiuoratiim with anotlier, a po-
llceniau s lol Is not a hannv one
but you can't piove It by Wlllard
(ireen of Wasliingtoii, II. ('. Creeile.
IU years old, has been 11 policeman
lor 2.1 vent's, and says: "I'd rntlier t.. ii. i.-.h
do It than uiiytlilng else in life.; Aju erroneous Impression has gone
I lie thrills make It fascinating." abroad tint the ,l,..c,..,Un Tuesday
" " l"",,'', V IllKllt In the' K.x'Vvlti by the 1'1,1-i
..." - i ne is worm t:u.)..iuii, , versity Troubadours was under th
.... ...a..., 1.1 uu.-nii-s on inu suieutusini.-s uf iUu Uju
ne j..iii.-u 1110 iHiiH-f lon e. II II II (Muly, Tin
" ' O'- t lucress: III red I h Is. u ,,, h . I, ,.,.,. i ....
business man. el.ht r acH.ve'or re-1 KIr wW, , ,-. ,:,t , ,,r
lired. ,f he anted t. II,. operates knowledge no Mat. ment to the ft
rooming houses, ami has built his r,., ,i,, u,..h ...1 ,
.ii. i..,iiiuti nun ne M,,r ii.. in.. . ........ 1
...... ..in niie squeezed out OI Ills
original salary of JT5 a month.
1 Here s a Ii s.- .m there In thrift
anybody's looking lor one. 1
theTIigh street just like you, daddie. other amusement places, ns Weil as a
Fath.r Shop like me? What du you fy"v eouinned hosnital and a bank,
mean? j "The building, of steel frame con-
Wijlie (getting near to the duor) struction, has four miles of corridors
Why it's under entirely new manage-; anrt required" wo years to build, dur
ment. j ing which period 2,000 men were cm-
: ployed constantly.
A LESSON IN CHILD (TLTl'RE. ' The research laboratory, one of, the
A negro laundress had four boys distinct features of the building, oc
who were so polite and well behaved eupies five floors of one wing- and is
that they excited the interest and j equipped for work along mechanical,
admiration" of one of her patrons, " electrical and engineering lines. l'i
"Mamly," said her mistress on? this laboratory the future mechanical
day, "how did you manage to raise problems of the corporation are to be
your boys to be so mannerly and woiked out by experts in variou;
obedient'.'" lines.
"Well, Ah'll tell you, missus," re- An auditorium seating 1,500 per-
I plied Mamly. thoughtfully. "Ah rai::- ,"ns ' provided. This will be used in
ed dem boys w id a bar'l stave; an Ah caring for some of the conventions
raised 'em frequent." that come to Detroit.
HIS PRIZE LAMP.
Father (reading letter from his son
at college to mother) "Mvopie says
jhft'-tfgot a beautiful lamp from box-
,.ill!T."
hool student I M,i,,'.e' "t ;wi 1 t,.,i
ortlicstr., wishes to tto-i.thij,, hU athletics."
foillllii, In, m
.concert only was under high si hool
aiisplies. The ilnnre was given bv
11 the orrhestia itself i:i conjomtion
lol with Mr 1 1, . 1 1 , . 1 .1...
,! ".'o ; i.iik nun a laoo il 111
iiuslness uftalis; his main luteresl
is Ills police work.
Fortunately there are many more
of the sum.- kind. It might he
supposed mat policing work would (,,,
...s. 11s am .1 11 i-ni ss, Willi salaries
comparatively ,m- nnil rrlioe inure
rampant and danger.,,! rnl.
with than l ns.-, to be., but there
I" be no l.n ! nt energetic.
Intelligent anil out !n g c. .us young fel
lows glad lo I n kle Hie joli.
Service Men Preferred
The Ford Motor company, inrreas
Ing Its working lone i,r cent,
has given preleii uce to seivin. men
This Is Said to have beei Dim result
of an appeal made by th.. American
Legion, which Is now 1 ampaignliig
for the employment of war veterans
rather than fallens wherever there
is not enough work for evnyboily.
It Is a legitimate and praiseworthy
effort, 11 nil Is already having an
lui'ldenlal ellecl th.il may not have
been reckoned en by promoters ol
the Idea. At l.-ttnlt and elsewhere
the iiiri'uslriiij discrimination against
aliens is , Mining In a rush in ihe
federal toiirts for natii'aliintlon
Ji.ipvrs. a
ll in.i.. Seem h.'lj, In'olllr i-.l-.i..
Ki x hall.
The above misapprehension was
made inure serious by a misunder
standing whereby the dance was ad-
rused as lasting until 1 o'clock
our arrival In the cilv nod
learning the circumstances, we, wjih
the willing co-operalion of Mr. 1.
ailet, elialigeil the (losing 1 r to
12 o'clock and reduced prkes .11
conlmgiy.
We alo wish to lake this opinn
lucitv to thank Hie high school an
Ihorltie, ,i, ,, ,!,., ,0,y
w.-il the general public f,,r their
nil dial hospital, ly.
I Signed I
I MVI.KSITY UK OCKtiON i
X MI'lliiNV OltCHKSTCA
Indlaestion and Commuting.' '
A phjslcl..n, who hns practiced both
In New York city and in a s-jlnirb
near the intr.i.lis. ifliltns Jlmc sub
urbanites Miftnr from -Iniligvsii.ln to
a greater' exlclil .thiiii do ",tbe clly
dwellers.'. He savs Ibe-lmliit of 'boll.
' !' ; , , lug the brealifiist, vvlilea the coiiimut--
The tune to buy a used car is just or is forced to do iu nmi.v instances
before you move, so people in the new to catch his train. Is ' lesionsil. for
neighborhood will thinlt you are the starting the day wrong and cutising
one who used it. luillgesi l.m.
ANNOUNC
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toiiiiaclor and IIiiiIiIiy
Hi Ick, Mum., Tile juitl
( oinrele ,n
lleiliodrllng nnil gellel.il ,oi.
"acling. N ,
none loo sin, ill, ,..-i,
prices. :.-, ,M1S. 1 vj, , 1, ie.
o bcli.e (o k r
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i, -tw-itt on! Oiii
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Every tick of the clock may
be made of. value to you by
depositing your funds in this
bank and m vesting the
surplus over wour checking
account requirements in high
grade secdiitiei
v V- -
We are prepared to give
our customers jjxpert advice
as to the safety of proposed
investments.
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.FEDERM
RESERTj
I.SYTFM!1
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By the Bootery
p The l.ootcrr" wishes to aniK-iiiiee that there has been
a change in the ownership."
Mr Winer k no longer coiimvted with it I,i anv
shape r form.
I -a -.l. .
Mr. Grover Smith will lie the future, manager ami will
have complete rhargt- of it from now on. But in iiiakiiie;
tins rhange it was necessary for us to take over The Pen"
dleton Bootery, at Pemlleton, Ori-n. This stock amount-
ol to .(),()()( and lias lieen moved over to imr stcre Tlu
D.Kitcry, L'Oti Depot St.. La Grande, and is now , , salt- be
ginning Saturday, ApriLlst, at prices we feel will ... m-i,,,.,.
you all . . . "
That it il oilr intention to stell ."sd.nnn ,..,( ;.r i.m . t
oletou sto.-k iii tie next :!() days. We are willing fy iuereiwe
Mir regular sll 2,(HX)1, (i ot,IVel justified in car
ryiug .f(),()(X) eVfra stoek '.'regularlv"
1 lieretore ' " f 1 r i v
4,000.00 "Must be Sold"
lll'pllls stock consists of a eoninlcti. .,i1 .....,
(h.TMt...-k and iu all sizes in Men's, Women's Boy's,
Dcing manager, I take this opportunity t sav frank
ly to all the people! of La Grande and suiTouiidii'i.r t -rri-lory
that this is it mighty good chance to purchase shoe
at extraordinary low prices and I give v,,u a trennifie in-7'-vitation
to call on us ami see for yomwif. The sooner the
octter the assortiiuiit to choose from
OOTERY
00 La Grande's Only Exclusive Shoe Store
206 Depot St. Phone Main 113
Grover Smith, Manager.
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