La Grande evening observer., April 27, 1922, Image 4

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Sible Thought. Tor Todaj
GIVJNO OKTS: There Ih that
scutlersth, and yet IncriNiHoth; anri
there in that wilhholdedi mure than
is meet, hut Intended! tu poverty.
Proverbs 11:24.
As Further Evidence,
Are we on a vacation from sane, common sense meth
ods in politics, or are we as a people to he cursed iind
blighted permanently with the present foolishness indulg
ed in I j v manv office-seekers under the primal system?
All over the nation Ihe freaks are out this year much
Jike ground squirrels in early spring. In one state a girl
twenty-one years old! is running (for governor with her
powder puff in one hand, a heer and wine platfoini in the
other and her skirts shortened to her knees. In another
htate! a young man is whanging away on a reform plat
form, and he has recently been released from an insane
jtsylum, ivet has some political nostrums that will save the
jiatiou lie says.
In Oregon we do not, have a petite young lady with
fdiort skirts and Scotch rolls running' for governor, but
we have a conglomerate mass of alleged tax reducers and
reform agent, proclaiming their ability. jj
As further evidence that ihe present system is a rank
(failure and that some '!" the candidates riinyiiig should'
probably be ill the insane asylum, the Kvening Observer
wishes in respectfully call your attention to one Will K.
I'un!v, who runs a bath house in Salem, seeking the Dem
ocratic nomination for the office of governor.
Mr. .I'urdv has been in the newspapers more or less
of late and in yesterday's Portland .Journal he pulled the
following assinine communication which should awaken
the entire state to the condition we have drifted into by
permitting such chaps to even; get their names on the bal
lot. Air. I'urdv writes as follows:
THE OFFICE CAT
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Undrfsraduatus at Harvard are
to bo required tu reud tlic iiilile.
They will bo surprlaed, when they
dip Into it, to.'ind moat of their
favorite quotations thurc.
Knimit Goldman stumbles out of
starving JUi.hhIu into a job us news
paper reporter. You make tlic coin
incnl, reader, while w dry our
twnra.
InsltillmciitN,
Charleston News and Courier;
"Here's niy bill," said the surgeofti.
"Wish you would pay down JlUU,
and tlien $25 per week."
"Sounds Hkiy buying an automo
bile," bu4d the patient.
"I am," said the surgeon.
If a trirl has ii nnn-tiiiM'O skull
she ran easily offset the .handicap
with a onc-ptci-e - bathing suit.
('onsch'iice iiiJilr.
rejirson'a Weekly ( Ioiulon) : A
mult v. bo had IiEk purse stolen in' a
crowd received this letter one day:
''Sir, I Btoal youre mutiny. Ke-1
in a u hh in norlu me, so 1 aem! auni
of It back to you. Whn it uors
aKain 1 will send hum more."
In an editorial iti The Sunday Jour-1 1 deposited in the UVst-Olcott cem
aial of April t. under the headline ! vloiy wth.ofik-inl uruk-rakera already
"All 1' I upper.- you quote a Portion
of my platform as a cnndidnlo for the
Tho number of people in the!
r nlted States who cannot speak
lOitKlish is less tin in two millions. I
Thin liif-liult'H train f-nlipra t
A i'i:il in:in. nTtttr rlinitiinir td
the top, doesn't furfa-t those who
luMd the ladder lor him.
As for thff party of the set'oiul
part, every flapper has her flappee. I
nomination for governor of Oiecon(
mid then proceed to a.sk Jtourself, the
)ublic and the candidate how the plat
lorni is to be carried out. "Take the
kick out of moon.sn.ine and knock' hell
' out of Ihofio drawing; tat'j, money
without first earnintf it " You ask if
1 hi A would require a judicial, a lcjris
hitive or an executive, operation. This
would depend nhsoluti'ly as to wheth
er the moonshine was Internal 'or ex
ternal. If internal, the operation
paid by the taxpayers of Oregon in
advance.
You seem very much in earnest to
know in advance of my election as
governor of Oregon just how my plat
form is to be carried out. I feel that
it would be cousinir you unnecessary
pain to withhold my plans from 'uu.
t urn Ihe manager of a 'Turkish bath
houKe. If you don't believe it, ask the
editor of the Sulem Capital Journal.
He isn't afraid to tell anyone. 1 pro
pose that if the corkscrew or jrimle!
has Keen Used "aiid the moonshine is
ntermil to take the kick out through
Taking .No Chances.'
Iiirmi.nuliani Ase-lleraUl : "What's
Kola; on lnve?"
"'A prize lilil, mister. The purse
Is a quarter." ,
"What's I In it yoiniKxtcr dolni; up
a tree while nnother boy walks
uround below with a club, in his
hand'.'" U
"Oh, that feller In the tree is the
stakeholder. "
would be by execution. If external, it i the hot-room niethoiC If the moon
would be judicial. The official sIur- shine sills can be put out of commis
Kor to "knock hell out of the state sion throuirh my efloits in conjunction
officials and employes who fail to with the proper .officers, llr.n the
en i ii their Milaries" will use some- hot method will bo exclusively used
thins more effective than a basebnli to knock hell 'out of those drawing
bat, and tlic rules will be by the . state money without first eai ninir it.
slaUKhter-hotise method, remains U.l WlIA E. I'UKDY.
If we are to all agree that Ihe governor's eil'fiee is to
In' the official nut house of this state let us continue under
the present direct primary, inviting the world to ga.e upon
a fine old state that has goii" "buggy" through the fungi
deposited on the body poliiic from Oregon City's wild
eyed citizens. For that is the stuff that germinates and
IH'.rduces the I'urdvs and others of his kind.
. Sufety Hint. ' " '
Life: Irs. Nulywctl (to husband
who has taken one bile of her first.
cake) "You can't kee; your cake;
and have it, too." j
Mr. NuLnved "A lovely thought,
dearest, 1 believe 1 prefer to have
it."
Tampa Times: When the Rods!
seek to make ail ass of a man they ,
put him In a liii;h position and let j
li 1 in work It out himself.
Tile Killnr Cf BejTtiarS. '"'' i"111"'". put money in Ihi' bank
00 nn.r go to bed at 10."
Thers is n crowned kin of mandc I 1,'"ssi"!y that. is ",e 1Ll'sl -'""'t
shooters in the state of New Jersey. 1 ytt I''"11' "K:"!'Sl. P"''""""- t
lie wears n irol.l medal as had f "l'l" """K l not alloirether
his rank, and is to head the Kotary
.conclu-ive. Kvcn at the risk of
ap-
Club parade on April L!l. lie is n ' " f '"en,a:1.y sel sn.le, tne av:r-
M-year-old t.oy called "liustcr." A",'"i' 'kely to yield the.
Duster ha l 11 competitors, each a 'T K""1 '" l"lv Astor, who without
champion n,a, ble-shooler in his own if .' knowledKe of
dbtnet. The 15 younKster3 loel tl llu', nirl'1 liquor s.tuat.on, hits the
rliiK mark before a crowd of l.OOti r'"'1 "? tl,,? ht"sul w,th h,?r usuul -
spectators. They pioved to be a piv-t-1'" , '
ty t;""l bunch of plovers and the' 1 s"y wlth '-""viction that 1
linit had to be Krnlually widened un- h"Vt' nt'Wr :''et n',t', thc ""' '"' K"
til II was la feel in diamelcr. ty thai i""'1 "' '" H'".'H " unselfish or
time only Ihreo contestant were left. hy ,,"nk- lmt 1 h"ve sw ""
Two of them missed, hut Pu tei's shot ,l,0"s , u"1'',l ''-v " '
peirireil 'em out. About that tim "
llusti'r remembered that he'd pro- j Ronr vo Pnrlr
niistd his mother he'd lie home at i! V CV1 Kl
ochH-K. "1 eoun huiiy," be said, al
(lepa:tcd.
Time was, and veiy leoenlly, when
the mai lile-iUKtt.'is' annual appear
ance was lonkrcl upon with pleased ije
simply because it was one of the sure'
sinm; of retuininir spring. Like lip
HIIO ' JlKOpUljr lOI'CS H!lll VIOh IS Jl 111.
I hose who maintain that "there is
just us much brewing iroinR on as ev
er, only it's moie widely distribtued,"
may be interested in an announcement,
from the Department of Agriculture:
"Hurley as a hop fe.d is coming on
the markets in ineroa-inir amounts.
use
MIslfudillK.
''Did you July your furniture at j
thai jioUnllmcut house 1 told you i
about'.'" !
"No. indeed! 1 wont out there;'
and looked at the sign In the win
dow and came riKht uway.1'
"Why, what was wroni:-.'"
"You !J:iow Miry well prices liave
been dropping like the mischief late
ly and his advertisement said 'Noth
ing down.' "
A bachelor has his troubles.
Leery time he imvts a family into
which he would like to marry he
discovers tliere's no dauiihter. y
Aecordilm to things we hear and
read, that doesn't stop some of the
bachelors from trying lo belong to
the faintly.- Junius.
(Incorporated)
mens
$25
Belted and Plain Models
Light and Dark
50
Mens' Suits
$25
Men! Young Men!
High School Boys!
Here Is The Clothing Sale That
! Will Top All Records
50 Suits From Our Own Spring Stock
Reduced to Lowest Possible Figure 'j
' THE FIRST EVENT OF ITS KIND THIS
STORE HAS EVER HELD
f : i ,
This is NOT A CLEARANCE snie of regular stock by any moans"-'
but a rousing clean-up of odd lets and broken sizes. The Kroupa were
to pcljular inrly in the season that they couldn't withstand the selliuK
size ruuKa and pattern assortment became broken and we will not
tolerate broken lots. r
lntriwdcnlly the suits are is good as evei Ihoy are as fine in
fabric, fashion uid fit as when they hung In our regular stock racks
and bore tho higher markings.
THE FINEST MAKES IN AMERICA
This sa!a is for men who wear the finest clotht-S but who like
to pet them at a snvintf
This ntJo is for men who desire the ftaUsfaetion and economy of
all wool clothes, guaranteed to wear and give satisfaction
Hut who were not inclined to pay the higher prices essential to
tluir purchase.
Tho price barrier has iieon essentially destroyed on tiioso 50 suits.
Their original prices ranged ns high as 46 and they arj
worth their original threes toda.y. ' .
Men's and young men's models ftre here Uelled and plain all
at one price. '
Of. course1 we need not tell you that the earlier you come,
the better your choice stop on the way to work!
Open Promptly at $8:00
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STETSON" HATS
For Spring
(Incorporntctl)
"Edwin Clapp"
SHOES and OXFORDS
KKAI) TIIK. WANT ADS!
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LOU IN !
OPERjpOiri
Miss Maillut
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Biinet's ".Million," to be given by
singers from the University of Utah
111 the Salt Lake Theater of Salt
Lake City on M'ty 5 an 6. She Is
Miss Martha Schofield. Miss Sclio
field will play tho role of a .servant
in tile opera.
The opera. Is to be given ns the
annual nroduction of tho I'ldversllv
Sclliilicld 1 1 1 1 of l'tah Musical sorletty.
ill l'mdui'tioll 'r'10 "I"'1''1 ls considered Uie most
, iiiHrai'iivo anu o)niiar ot all i-rencn
ii
itt Salt Lake-1
graad opera, and was secured for
presentation in the west only after
eons'idtrable effort. It has been
played 1125 times In the Opera
Comiue in Taris.
A symphony orchestra of GO pieces
wtll furnish - the accompaniment,
with a chorus of 100 voicr-s ptrlted
from thc university musical society.
A, ballet of -Hi, has also. bcVn se
opred. A college opera with "so
many paTt,loipants h:i nevor before'
been undertaken in Utah, aiil every,
singer has rehearsed daily for
nionlhs, TJm; opera was to have been pro-;
Winced last year, and try-outs wero
held for places 'on the cast, 'but
t owing to. financial difflcullies nllj
enganointijU wer-' cancelled, s
, this presentation will represent twoj
years of prwiaration.
TTra Observer Want Ads.
graduate, 'of the. La Orande
school if tteveral yeai-. nl?o i
take a jjirt niinent pari In .MaB-
.eelmvl-uW it ,..! il.-.r IJli"i.v '"r I lie reason mat It
gone and the basebnli season would ' "' "as laiien on
Loon be on iii fall su'ie.. Now, how
ever, the pascr by iuu--t in ,k w ith
keener intc:e-t a every littl,. gcun of
mnible-chooteri. There is :m tellinn
which ncigiiliii! hui'i! i gtii ii; In pi.
(luce lilt' ;:le:it pj et'e ' .i.oiaK ur fri le
what buck alley die amateur chalil
pieii may come fnrtii.
F.eing Sensible.
Ileywood Itroun, tile
Vt'u hl's witty commentate
in gTllcru!, tells of u letter from
d thc hog industiv has been movinir
inl i Hie bailey-ineducing districts."
It is an U'lvenicimis and low-mind.
f t h'i jiii who v. ill rise up and remark
tli.it "the hurley always went for hoir
feed, anyway," lor there have always
lieen peifccdy nice ami respe.-tatile
1 w ho diank bc-v.
To get on safer grnii.nl, let u, hast
l! to say that Ihe bailey uHimatel)
f '"''' the same pn-pnse as ever, but
I i b. Her i fleet. That is, the ullinnite
ni'-umei' gets move nourisliment. ell-
!M iFrintusljiji ami Jinanre jMl
Mi
on thing,' r'-'y h'.',ilh "r "ie bailey
tie fo.ui of pork and bacon than he
correspondent who objects to the mo- ' ''' u""' "' thl' f'" 1,1 "f ,,,"'r. m'twith-
poserf Irish settlement U'cauve "if so i''"" mK . 1 '"' "Vf"'i"c claims of .me
(lamnetl m :i.-ilile." Ill oiiu nd Is: late-remenibcit'd beer a.lver-
"We have somewhat Ihr same feel-,'"'"" "'"'
inn: about prohibition. It is a move-' o
incut to lake the folly out of our na- i The most ilanmiiii ei ilicisin of liol
tiomil life, and there is no quality 'icvism yt pi ioted in America conies
which America iicetls so sorely." J'nm Kmma I'.ohlman, the Anarchist.
If enforeeimnl eve" becomes per. Slio sa' thai in two vcniV iv-iilenre
feet, say Itnrtin, "(!'- ill be a lie- m Ho i;i i?!e wily hcaid tmu Uul'l
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