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ISiKIII'KVDI-.N'r KHI,APKIU
meat it then wrapped in two or Uwc-el
pieces f pupcr, put in. a )oiil- buc
ket uml dclivcrod 4y an auto ilruck.i
lubiniitd unity and weekly at La I costing two - to t,hrco thousand dol-j
For Little Girl Grpduates-
Oranrlo. On-gun, ry L-a Grande lrn-
uk uunTvur riiniiHhitifr ('omuaoy.
HUUl'H HU.MNIH, Editor.
UUSCJCIl'TION IIATEI.
II jr Carrleri
Dally, per month .
Dally, per thraa month a
Ually, per alx mo., in ad vane .
Dally, alnirle copy
4ua
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Itti, ' , Moreover thu meat is charged
to be ,billu at the ond nfi'the month
und paid fur iphiui.'uml if, the money
Enter.-d at the Pontoff Ice'at I Orand 1 iivutlabl. - - ..
OreKon. u Bmond Ciaae alall Matter, j --yVji j . rvnut,. people, today, under
I theae conditions, must pay uuuhtu 01
ftMuVm??.!?11 communications to THH triple for their meat compared with I
OBHKUVUIt, 141b Adaw Ave.. La i , ' ., 1
Orande, Ornron. , what they paid 20 yearn airo,, J he!
1 1 rt ' truth is, Lhnt todav everyone, from!
; 1 fillet' b) 6lh home to the proprietor!
i himself ia lazy. j
j . o one wants to do anything him-1
76fl ' jelf Mhich he-ap. possibly avoid. Kv
I.SS 'iffone' is 1l1nK to spend as much
ftr hrs "turlo un he can on amusements,
HUtomobiling and movies. Telephones,
hijrh schools .ami credit sy sterna are
wonderful inventions; (hut they all
lend to increase the cost of distribu
tion. The retailer in up against fash
ions and customs which have bound
him with ropes that aro almost too
stronff to break. What tho future
wijl iuimr forth I don't know, It, how
ever, is evident that the retailer in
not tft blame for present conditions.
You and I, as fathers and mothers,
;a' to blumo. Our hitfh schools are
tii blame, jtctuil prices can be re
dwell only as the spirit of work,
thrift and usefulness again pervades
tho community."
II y Mull.
Pally, per year, In advance , ,....
Dally, a be months. In advance
Dally, three months. In advance .
Dally, pur - month
Weekly Obsurver-Rtnr, by mall
per year. In advance , ...
.15.00
.14.60
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C1TY AM OI M V UlTiriCJlAJj
I a ri;n.
On eale In other cities Oregon Hotel
tfewa Bin ml, Portland; Imperial News
Bland, I'orlland, Alultnomah Neva
titand, Portland. ,
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olhorwlHu credit fd In this paper, and
alao the local news published therein.
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Bible Thought. Tor Todajj
HKI.'IICK KTRKNOTH. HELP: N' - '
Cud la our refugo anil strength, a
very present help In trouble. I'Balm
4 0:1.
Jack Dompscy certainly yearns to
get licked, lie came homo wearing a
monocle. ' '
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To Babe.
Ashes to ahcs, du.t to duftU if.
Laiulis dpn't f;ct you, tho umpire
must. I'oise Statesman. '
The Cost of High Living.-
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(ilk ' jfV ' The New Soft l
Throe UKgeatlona for the grammar school girl's graduation frock.
About three-fourths of them will be made in white organdie with ruffles
and lace, but the severoly tailored IrocK wun almost no iruis win claim
attention.
"Vou woulJ net six months in pris
on," ro plied his father.
"You wouldn't forpet to feed it
while I was uway, would you, father?'
Why American families are gettinf:
smaller is explained by Herman Koe
of the Northfield News: "The av
eniRe man has all he can do to sup
port a wife and a Ford " ..
Why go to Patagonia to hunt a pre
historic creature?, We saw one the
other day dolled up in an effort to
resemble a flapper.
HOW IT IS AT COIXECR
Youth's Companion: At one of the
dormitories of a college for women
i two young; housemaids were compar
We like a good hall game and wei'ig notes on academic life.
well, said ivoran, oimpnng, ine
faculty has the brains, anJ; the college
Again comes' the proof positive of i
the co;.t of high livin;;. ,Al tho Kn- 1
tolpiise IJve Stock convention . th"
cost of meat was di.icussed. The pio!
diicer had his side, which was vvrv,
good and no one could find fault with
his claims nor his profits, for he bos.
been making mighty few und those'
few have been light. :, - 11
Then came O. M. Plumnier of the j
Pacific International Live Stock!
Show, who contended the retailer Is ikL. boosting and rooting, that is
not to lil.une for tho high price o." ,)(Kj ,.1,...., boostintr. but when a ilnn.
meat, but laid it to the manner in , kvu wiilks into the irrnnd stand (and girls has the clothes, but, believe me
which we live, the demand for. dcliv-j We.ow an apology to an honest-to-i the maids has the looks!"
ery service, credit, etc. Ho ww iToUi'Ood -donkey ( and- piocee.: to bray!"
lowed by Kicd H. liixby, whif is u big, the entire afternoon, we lose interest.! I-enine tells his countrymen that
cattle producer in California and iilsu , ''1( nonkcy re f cured Ui claimed that .tho relief shipments come from Am
owns a retail store for meats in Ung: hB came neither from Baker or La ' ericun llolshcvista. That man may
Ileach. Jle said , the retail end is a Giande, for which linker . ami La; have his faults, but he's a darned good
profitable end but he agreed that the i (;,i,n,,, Can giyo due thanks, so we politician.
domains, of tlic.peuplc for service, do" conelude that he was one of those '
run the prices on retail meats upward. ,Hhe- he-males who run around trying! THE SIMI'I.EIt LIKE.
He advonited the parkers entering mjn, ut,cr folks' business and tin- '-'fe: Infuriated Surburban (to
the retail field, for the spread be-; wur, jn g,.m.ial. He has a good jolt neighbor) "Well, Im' warning you!
tween the packer's piico to the re ; coming to him, and the only thing ! You koep your dasheil bees out of
tnifer and the price the consitmc t raves "him iir that 'he is such a mv gaMen or, by thunder, I'M I'll
pays is iaige and Mr. Hixby thinks jtt(, bit f two-cent runt that it shoot them!"
tho big packers can handle the re-, wuui, ,hanie to muss him up. !
tall end of the business cheaper than Thought for the Day.
can an)'on else. '. I ' . ' ' "Be not forgetful t entertain stran-
Right along this line comes Bnbson .' Well, uhirh particular hive or mos-, BerS- for thereby s c have enter-
the statistician who is recognized Br o,uitos anj ch.cgers have you picked mined aneels mninrrri,"
n wiziml on facts and here is wha as the place to waste your money . .
"Bab" says about the meat business: and vacation th.s year? I
"My thoughts go back to boyhood;
Receive! Thanks for Stolen Apples.
Opening an unstamped letter on
which slio was surcharged 8' cents,
Mrs. 1 1 en in, of Burner, Knglnnd, was
astonished to find an anonymous note
thanking her' for some apples stolen
from her orchard. The writer added
tliut lie Inid robbed her orchard for
Ave years In succession. "The apple's
are still very good." he finished, "but
I hope that you 'will use a good fer
tilizer before next year."
Insist on Style
And Fine Quality
This jummer
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Style alone Isn't enough; you've go! to have the tailoring
and the fubrics that hold the style in place. We know we
have tho clothes that will give you real, servict they're
guaranteed to? do it. ,
. ;f..:: Hart Schaffner & Marjc Clothes; ; , ;'
, are carefully tallnrrtl by hand tc make thein last longer.
All tlui new smart modcU for. summer .fear, In two and three
button sacks; sport models; lively summer colorings, J'rlced
(rout $26 to J60. , ,. , . .
With Low Attached
Collar i
Tho coming of tho sort shirt
with tho low attached collar
is sure to bJ a comfort during
the summer.
So much 'aro these In vogue
that they are now coming 1"
colors und 'stripes as well as
plain white and tan. Our
showing at tho .present time
Is surely extensive for it con
tains many new fabrics some
colored materials, stripes, soft
colored shirtings and aeroplane
cloth and pongee. These are.
all with the very new low soft
collar.
Coiiie In and see I hem.
I'rlw-H J2.II0. 2.50, P. 00,
$3.50 and up to J5.00 In pongee.
; Seven Years Selling "INTERWOVEN" Hosiery For Men, ;
: Without A Single Complaint Is This Stores Record!
Jewels From the River Bed.
Ceylon's great sport is the hunt
ing (if Jewels which are often to be
found In the beds of rivers. Some
times these streams are dried up for
a lime ami then the rewards are
great for the hunter. Government per
mission must be granted before one
limy go gem hunting, and during ob
tained this permission, Hie hunter Is
allowed to keep a. I be funis. To the
Inexperienced eye, the precious peb
ble, as It rests on the ground, looks
llko an ordinary stone, the expert can
detect tho valuable ones at once.
"Edwin Clapp"
Shoos -
y.rraMiMiU'M.t.M:lM
(Incorporated)
"Florsheim"
Shoes
mill
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; Whooping t'ougli.
This Is a very dangerous disease,
particularly to children under five
years of . age, but when no pare
goric, eodetne or otho ophite is
la eusily cured by glvin j
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Most
people believe that It must rur. its
course, not knowing that tho tliuo
fa very linuch shortoncd, and that
Gift of Good Literature.
Don't forget that good literature siven
will do for you the following things:
"tllve you an outlet, keep before you
the vision of Ihe Idml, supply a better
knowledge of hlltlinn nnliire; 'l-ogrnr
the past to vou. show rou the irlorv or !thoro llttls danger from tho di
tho commonplace and give you a mas- ise',su when this remedy Is given. Itj but the main thing is teamwork,'
tery or your own language." O. Al- , " ' " "sen in mimy oipiovnucs- pnen m tooiiisii enthusiast.
phonso Smith. ;j . ; ,- -TTTT"""-
of whooping cough, with pronounced
sdecess. It is safe and picasuut to
take. Adv.
Just So.
"Ah," said the professor at a foot
ball match; "1 can see that success at
this sport can he attained only by per
fect co-operation among the players,
each subordinating his own Individual
ity to that ef the organisation of which
he Is a part." "You man he riviit
re-
llaeful Cigar Ash.
Stalin miy be removed from
polished oak very easily. Sometimes
we find, to our dismay, a blue stnln
on our table or bullet top, made from '
water or some other moisture. Snva
cigar ashes until you have what yon
know wlir he sufficient, when moist, to
cover the stain. Do not use any more
water than enough to ninko a thick
paste. Spread over stnln and allow
to become perfectly' dry, then brush "
off with a soft cloth. Vou will find
the surface restored.
UAflS Wanted at The Observer.
days in tiloucester, Massachusetts.; The ofiee cTjc ilnlU over , ait.
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lucre was a uutcner snop near rr.y , untjn an), mslk, lhat jf ,,,,. lh(.
home where we used to buy our meat., jt sun.lvi. ,h wi0 fi. ,,y Uu, Wliy. , ,
1 can see 11 oo.v ..uu.. ..... mu, havr b(tn n w t
iiacon hanging up on the wall, a. big; - , . . . . '
block in the ceilte." of the store, be-1 :, , ,, ' ,..,!!
hind which was a fat healthy butcher ' , tne ro-gus rails ; .
the proprietor of the establishment Juuillal : da f,,r ," "l
SPECIAL-
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'ilk
and the Hole employe. When my I
how
to iik-ntify a (.'hristian, but he J
it'i "if w i"" i" rirmi "Min- in- nmrrt u
town to toll the hoys hov bijf they J
wert. is'n, in a well, ho isn't all
Chiisti.m!" I !
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Town chii Kcns are just like (hose on a g
tin' ritrmJ Jf ' you allow them to run J
around too imith they gvl touh.
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father wanted some beef he Knvo hi M LTj 1?" , 1 WIK,1 U !!
Ihe money and unit me to the market ' . . P i
to ret it. The butehor ffavo me the l'MV " .' .'
J.,.t r-.iu... ,.,.il1) ; ; tuniniir JiOjru leaves the nifs of fish !
a brown, Paer and 1 bk it home,
paying rush for the same. The price
of troiMl beef in those days was twen
ty to thirty rents a pound- There,
howevetr( were no deliveries and thv
'butcher didn't spend anything on ice
in the winter time, for 1 remember tbe
frost tluie( iisi-d to be on those butch
er store .windottji, although the butch
er wa.i a lieijthy, happy .moJi..
"Tos'ay the'wmie store is used fin
a luitcher 1ivp hut it is steam heated
and the pmprietor huVs nearly a
much ice in the winter as he does
in tho minimer1. Moreover, the pro
prielur does not cut any meat liim
He!f. Mornirn:; he is usually found in
the store, but afternoons he is usually j "
out uutomtthiline;. He has n hook ,"
keeper who keeps the accounts, n bit:
cash register, two cleiks, and anan t
who runs the delivery autoinobite.Ow-'i
Uir to posnible breakdowns he has,
two automobile:. Kot only is every- J
If you can't lirinir an enemy to his t
kneeij b; fair - m-uns, .just In a on J J
himitnd U-t Katun? take its course. i
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Hobby waited a donkeV ahd hf i i
had seen tin donkey in a near-by field. J j '
"What, would happen if I stole that I mmu
donkey?" he asked his father.
We have on hand a few Electric Washing Mach
ines of standard make which we will sell at re
duced prices.
These are new machines in perfect working con
dition which have become shopworn.
Sold on easy payments with a liberal discount
for cash. , , . ,
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Company
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Bring Us Your
FILMS
thing run on u much more 'expetisivi-
basis but the clerks s'xn't do more
than a half day's work. They see i
the pi-oprietor loafing ami they l.Saf ' '
themseles. None of them hnvonnyr
interest jn the business and each one 'J
is .trying to gi t by witli as little work
as possible- ' r- . -
" 1 ' fiinil.invnlal qii'stion j '
whether or nitt this stoic Is s,y.ii
apv more pounds of beef mid pro- J
visions iruwi ii.iiiii io yt-HIS ago. ..I I
know the rent has doubled und ollii,.
exl'i-n.-.'s have tripli-.i and ipiadrupled l
init I seriously doubt if this store i !
selling any more goods. Clourcster -v- . ,,.,.. )',,,,,, ,',,,- , I,,, 1 ! i
hasn't as much p,pu , as it Imd ' "" U "ll ''I' "' ' f j
20 years niro, nl thci'e are more ii ri't'i-tly, iii'iiilcd properly J
butcher shops. It is probably tine J ;1 n d liilurilcil il'OHI 1 1 V. I J
ii..., olo". v.titni; .no. t- nit-Mi per . 'Mi. : . 11. . I.:., l el- i
enpila now than in those d,vs, but ' I J j.1".' ,h, K,'i'
inn ver
shoi is
nu-o. Todnv, however, when one of
the neighbors wants steak: she no i
longer sends her boy to get It Ihu
it probably playing fo.rtKnIl or Vr..-, "
Ijcinir for a hii:h s-hnol niinstnl wlii.tH'
os perhaps he is at the movicst. T.S-rl
.lay the motion- t-dei boncs to the 5
, katcller shop, the Uiokke. per enters 1
ery sine that the output of (His finishing MTV iff WO l'l'll- '
is no great-r than it w;l 0 years ,,.,.. I;'t ns develop a J i
thu order on an eli'so-ite filing
lent, this in turn is tri.'cn 10 one
the clci'iu, wlio cu'.s the liitiit. Thv
II find vou 'II know.
Finishing that's right
lid riglvUov time ii
I. . our si)oclalVj'.v
RED CROSS DKUa '
STORE
AN INCOME OF
$100.00 A WEEK
iiinoiiiils (o no more Hum 10.00 a week in (he end
if it is all spent, as you go.
Sound liusiness judgment dictates that a iiortioii
of your earnings lie set aside, as a reserve against
possible ful lire misfortune, or sickness and as a
means of gaining financial independence.
A savings account in tin's hank is a sound invest
ment. It, will work for yon every day in 111"
year and always be available in the hour of need.
La Grande National
Bank
CapiVAl ;vut flrpliM, S3flA,CaW.C57
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Made In
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Palace Confectionery
Mi: Albert Cain, who JVip the jiast year and a halt
has. been connected with the Palace Confectioiierv L'is
.voiced his wish fo sever his connections with that place.
Ir. .1. T. liichardson, who recently purchased the .Palace
has complied' with this request, and lias associated -Mr
(ieorge 'young of La (Irande with him in the Candy
and lec Cream Business. Mr. Richardson aiftl Mr. 'iiung
will now operate both the Palacv and the Vming's Candy
Shop uiider the one management.
The many friends of George Yoinig will lie pleased
to again see him back in thciold stand where he delivered
the goods to the .public for a number of years.
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Mr. K'ichardson. wishes to thank the public for their
support in the two months that he lias had the Palace
and announces that he shall now permanently locale here
and with Mr. Young w?U feed the folks good home made
candies and cold drinks. .
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