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ILLLJLS&T, SIX -w. t;- ax-; --w.:-.-. . r PA OK I'OT'U LA ORANDE fiVfiTVff OPiSEtty-rTTC F"5. Monday, .Tunc 12, 1022 i La Grande Evening Observer , 1H IMII'I'ICMIKN T MOWSPAI'KJIl. I'UhllHhfd dully and w.;okly at iA Brande, Oregon, by La Orttnrta Hran ! Obanrver I'uhHKhlnjf C'.nipaDj. 1JKUCB DKNN1S, Editor. Bntered at the Poatofflce Bt 1-a Oranda. Oreajon, aa Second Claaa Mall Matter. Addreaa all comuunlcatlona to THK OBHEUVKIt, 1416 AUaau Ave.. La Urande, Oregon. LllSCItlfTION BATBI. Bt Carrier. Dally, per month Dally, per three montlia Dally, per fix mo., In advanca Dally, alDKle copy 76c 11.24 14.10 II y Mall. Dally, per year, In advance Dally, all monlha, In advance Dally, three Biuntlia, iu advance . Dally, per month .. Weekly Obaerver-Htnr, by mall, per year, In advim.'. .15 00 .IJ to .iii. llc ft an THE BOY'S I Tlio doorhell nun; violently. The housewife who was expecting a mechanic to make died to answer it. On t In CVaiipni'ed with the fall and husky iiicclianii: she awaited, lie seemed ven small indeed. Jint in his eyes flowed the Jight of niiiity iiiri)osc, "Jjfitly, I'm a Scout, and I eain'e lo see if yttu wanled Hiiything done." The woman hesitaied a nionieiit. wliile her mind roved nwil'tly over lawn-moving (tojm small a hoy), porrh-sernlr hinj; (don't need it. today),, etc. She was accustomed to the fact that on days when a particularly good movie was in, the supply of U'-Sii'mii" was ample in her iieihhorhood. Slie knew Scouts had to earn theiit uniforms, too hut. she didn't scour to need anything. "I don't believe so," she said, still hesitating. "1 don't want any auoiiey for jt, you know. just want to do somebody a jjooil turn. Wouldn't you like to have men pi t the store -for you.'" She smiled and said she had three, little folks of her own to do errands, but she thanked' him just the. same and returned to the breakfast table. ,- "That sit! 'said her husband brusquely. ''The world is getting so good that pretty soon pc"ple will all be advertising for the chance to do something for somebody. o!;im remember that story that had1 a Scout in it wlio was alwavs bothering people putting their drawers in, order or something 1" lliey laughed but somehow the very small boy with the very big glow in his eyes had d) iie them! a good turn unknowingly. Jle Jiatl cheered their tlav ami their faith.. i....t i. i i i orii.iini iiiiiusiers nave 1rash and it is a jus'tiliable fight. It would be a good Hiing if parents woudl 1o k over and inspect a lot of the filthy literature that is flooding the country today. ' o The fact that Oregon's governor alleges he spent nothing' in i'vih'V to be 'rc-uniuiiiated is another indica tion that the hist salary raise was hardly justified. o Lillian did not live a hundred years, as her lecture taught, but she lived a long time and retained her charm and beauty all the while. - ... Jinxtkliai't lover idio ? won in Iowa. Is It Time to Build Houses? (Bots .Statfsinau I What the hiirh prlc iru and the li oil flu fdinrtaH did tn I ho cost of ho il nit wuh Ht'tindnloim. Statist (ch, pn-pand last mouth by invosliutors for tho ChtMiilrul National limk oT Knw York, hIiow this lvidly. Start lliK out to -diKioviT tlu ici'.atUiu of ))riHiut-day bulldlni; costs lo tlioso of l!'20. tho "pi'alt year,' tlu'so In voKtlpatora found that housi.'s bad mono than doubli-d In cost during tho 'H!riod of rlblnu prhr-.s, but bad dropped back uhmK half way to tin-rt'-wir level durliiK the period ut falling priced ttincc. Hwrc, for lllu.stratloii, is I he r nuli of their Inwtlution on ou typn of hoiiM, ii 7-tooin frann" hulld- Iuk. RUu III) fort liy ;H root : Kxcavalion uoV costs $1:1 com iNirod with In I, Kuiinda 'h'us mill ( ion! cost 1.1 ii7 com-i AN INCOME OF $100.00 A WEEK amounts lo no nj.irc than in.i)U a week in (lie end if it is all spent as you n. Sound Imimiicss jinloiiieiii iliclafcs liai a porlion of your eai'iii;i... l. M.( aside as a reserve ayaiust possihle fiilurv inisfiirtiine or sickness and as a means of Kainin financial imlcpcmleiice. A savings accmuit in this; l,auk is a sound invest ment. It will work fur you every uav in (In, year and always bo available in tlie'liuur of need. La Grande National Bank . Capital uid Surplus, $205,000.00 SOt'JCl) , l.KLIAIUJ: . riioUKESSlVE ogitStlfllfJa)fiaiC.iflfc,.,,..),.,........,11-B CUV AND COUNTY OrrlUIAJj ha run. On aale In other clltea OreKnn Hotel ( tiiaml. I'orilanri: ImptytaJ Nm tend, 1'urtlitna; MultnoiuaJi Neva Hand, Portland. . -"" HKUIIIIH Of ASSOC1ATKU PIIEM. ,nmicd to uo for publication oi ail ' UlKi.airlur crudlu-d to It or not tlao tilt; local newa nubllflhcd therein All rlKhta of i e-publicaxiitn of apeclal Jlapalctit-a here fclao are reaerved. Sible Thought. For Toda) A VIOKV NKI.liKLI. I'ltAYEIt: Show mo thy ways. O .ord: teach mo thy paths. Jj!l IntoKrtty und tiprmhlucss preserve me: for 1 wait on Mice. I'slilm 25:4, 21. GOOD TURN, some needed repairs hast threshold stood it .small liov. to death with his trout 1 (i.m 1 till IIS,, ! i j i i oegtin a ngm oil -news sraiKI Is iiiiothfi I'iiicliut, or pared wilh $470 iu 1 !H 4 und $1,45!) In 1 'UIO, Carpentry roue from n'.r.JM In J!14 to IS.filM In l!i2U and bs now down to :t,Stri. The pui nt In bill wan in 1 !1 4 coni- lared wilh a peak level oT (iih. in. litl'n and a pi-cseut cost of JatW. other Items entering Into tho ron slructloii brlu; tho (Mist at pieMOit lo $!,ri02 compared wilh $ "j , 5 J H In liUl ami ?I2,K15 In 1H20 when the hluliesL k-vol wuh reached. MukI of the otner stuillfn Heetn to havo resuKol iu similar flndinns. Another buildinv which ct J4ini0 in l!ill could not bu iluplicaioil fori I less (ban S'li.uo in I!i2i, but can bo built for J7U00 now. The Chemical bank round thai ibuilillni; in. n. -rials have made h irn I do. 1 1 1 1 ,s hilnce 1H2". I'oriland co- j in. ut. v lilrh jniniod l!iu tHr coiti .above lull figures has droioil ,)a. k to a point onlv aliout lie n.-r cent liii-.hor. Yellow pine bus drop. I I I J J , t pod from h 170 per cent udvunce to a 75 per cent advance ovor tho pre war lovol. Ilrirk, which soured to a point more tlmn throe times the 1!I14 flKuro Ih no' Boiling for one mwl llir....rniifthH llllloH ItH 11114 , ,,, ,,. ...ii,.--. wnrth I'rleo. And u 1014 dollars worm of steel beams which oust $3. GO In ,B for 40 ,,,,, i One Is Inlereuted in the comment I of 'the hank 'a Investigators. They 'blame the distortion of cost to the house shortuiso und the IiIkIi price wavc, of lourae, iiiitl they net forth that the problem of reiilUential building is of iiiimodiate Interest to the citizen. This Is obvious. Answering the uuustion whether now iuaor is not the tluu. for build ing, they present their figures which ulwiur Mm uliurn ili'i' I itii'K ill liricOS ui,,,... o, ni.uk m.rioii nn, I tin.n ihev meet the utMPoken query, "Will the!wo,m" Pl '"t boner ubout cost of building drop still further with this: The (prospective builder Is. of course, Interested in knowing whether he may look for fur ther declines, for which he should wall. It would lo be yond the scope of this urticleto attempt to forecast the course of building costs In the future. General wholesale prices, as measured by the Index number of tho I'niti'd Stales liuru.iu of l.abor Statistics, seem to bo stabilized at u level ubout GO per cent above" that of the pre war period, lluildiug costs are above this Jin el, but many of tho elements which bulk large in building costs such as freight rates and wage .ratns, are less susceptible to downward revis ion than aro commodity prices iu general. The general hous ing shortage, and the Increasing volume of building at present price levels are. factors which servo to strengthen liuildlng material prices. While it Is en tirely possible therefore, that building costs may decline still further, it Is nut probable that drastic declines will occur. What do we gather from this, then? Three things. First, that today is a far better tini,3 to build Ithan was 1020. Serond, that to morrow may not be any better than today. Third, that further prlce re- dui'tions In the building field will bo a result of gradual settling not " rusMI1 grauuai settling not . i, ,i,i,.i .i ,, , worth waiting for. Kvery man must ck'oldo for him- self but, if the New York Invest!-1 eiltlirH tU'llO tllllk III,) ll h,il ttu Kt 1 KKIl'tl In. Into rousldoration In tlielr study) jan important center for the hiuur wore right In their flnllngs, at isigliug flotillas which are composed I time to get out the blueprints und i mostly of -German und Danish ves- " ' ' the old stub of a puucll and get ' the building fitver, isn't ,U THE OFFICE. CAT -BY JUNIUS- SWAT 'I:m KAltl.V 'The early fly's the one to swat, H oiiiuoh l-M'ore tile weather's hot. And sits Hi'otind and file Its lops And lays at least a million o;:ks And ivory ok will brluK a I'ly To diio us crazy by and by." Of course women wear some fully lummy looking; things, but colluloid collar Is not one of them 1 ('(iaiioktim; Old Lady--"Oh. yor, pit use Hlop the train, I've, droppe.L my wIk out the w IndiMv." Kt'llow I'aji.seu.ut r "Never mind, madam! Them Ih a swileh jusi Ibis aldo ot tho next htatlon. Soiun tblims lo ipoiidor o'er -Why i it that" tlm priuclial rivers ulwaya run by l.nxo cilios - '1'be fortune of WasliiniUon. I.iucidn land I'ncle Sam to hae been born on .National lioll da ti? t'AI Si: nut WllMH It ''ii.il nro llnwo iliins'.'" "I. lie liuoiM. Thoy will keep you from drotviiimt if you go over boa id." "I'll. I tMinilered uhat thvy were dolnu nith spare tiros on a motor boat." Tile ideal lialntlio. k Just lure, ci in xi u t lor hIioiik enough lor lvo. : hoillll OHO, but i: mho I)I.i'.i;im!:nt Our rfouriim Alt!' Altoruey Oonoial Uumherty -Soiii:, inliilo.l, "Troubles. Troubles. K eiyv lirii'." A UMial, lou rf people will be itetiltiK iii.irrlid this monih. The lioni'vuioon mil work ovorilme. Just m it did last Juno and other Jnnea hvtore thil. Tlien will mine Jul, .iiknst, t'onlomplallon. Hopienitii r, (H'loia-r, ll illi .Hon. Nmeiiibir. In lunation l'e uibo 'teUli,illoi. ,(ot ' i li ' ,,i Hill .,!, ., 'i it - ttt"lllS KWIViiMlit I'iUit', ij ASK DAD! Marion George via the soul of my ambitions, but Mildred Ilut what? ' JIurion Father kicked the soul. A lot of birds are nlready worry ing about their vacations and most of theli emidoyers aro wondering why they want vacations. Kvery man has his Iprlco every woman has her flgur)?. and HAD THK (ililT "Dar am one t'lng Ah like "bout j the Prodigal Hon," said tho negro preacher: "do boy had de grit tor walk homo 'stead fcT telegraphlu' fer money." I 0llt DfB Moines, la., another discovering utter living with her husband for eighteen months that elite Is a woman, Heinz preserve us: Do your own commenting. WHY Wll.li THUY HO IT? She cunnot dunce the toddle, For she Is much too fat, lint you should see her waddle; Shu shakes tho floor at that. A Kansas iper says the defini tion of a mugwump Is a man sit ting on a rail fence with' his lung on one sido and his wump on the other. We lire morally responsible. Talm- istry teaches us that wo huve ouri Lives u our hands. (By Associated Presal STOCKHOLM. June 12. The! smuggling of "alcohol into Norway1 his become u well organized and growing trade, and this in spite of ! tho extension of Norway's terril.or ial waters for it distance seawardr of 10 ml tm. Over 100 vessels were' waiting recently outside the .Nor wegian fjords for customers to take liiiuor already purchased. Light! wines und beer only lire legal in! iv j ..i..i .. I wines Ithan 15 j barred. per cent of alcohol being Stroemsta, a small place In Swc- lll.ll linilp Ihn V,n-i-niH h.,p,tnp Ial sels. These bouts enter port and have their cargoes sealed by the Swedish customs people. The .kip Jiers meet their Norwegian custom ers in the town und arraiiKe ifor , the sale of tho lluuor, after which, they iput to sea outside the nation. '. allly limit and break (he soils. The; Norwegian buiers meet ut n ron. dozvous and the transactions uie! completed. J In this way enormous uunt!tics; of liquor arc brought Into Norvayl und prices aro steadily deollnini;. ' Also there his been an IncTVns.; In . the number of cases of drunken-, ness, wllirh In C'lirlstinna Is report-: ed tto be tw ice as largo as in Stuck-j holm. Tho Norwegian Rovernment de-i rived nu annual revenue of about tr. 000. 000 krone from liiiuor be fore tho establishment of prohi bition, but today this has been re duced to virtually uothin.it. m BOOTLEGGING IN NORIPT Get your ice from the M. A. Stillwell Meat Co. It will be clelivered when you want it. PHONE MAIN 700 For Sandwiches Macpherson's Superfine SPLIT LOAF f 1 1 a Pound Size. Slices Without Crumbling Made with Milk, 15c each Try Checso Sandwiches with Our Rye or Cracked Wheat Eread. They are Delicious. . . Cr a aavvur "Wizard" System of Foot Correction 1 ! STRAP MODFLS FOR DRESS 0R.SP0RT3 WEAR We take pleasure in announcing that we are plinwlm a very Intonat ing asHortment of smart new footwear from si i of tlivi most f.nned inaltcra in America, among them XJ. Alt.M STItONlJ & CO. Kvery pair of them Is a product of strictly first-ehiss shoe nmliing and needless to say, the acme of style pel fi ction. Brown Calf and Beige Suede in a Strap Combination $10.00 "Armstrong" Make Admirably combining comfort with extreme smartness, this two-strnn pump has a very low, broad hei1:, In keeping with the trend of fash ion. It is of dark brown calf-skin and trimmed beige colored suede and lias brass buckles. It combines all tho fitting oualitics und wear of tho Armstrong shoe with tho nowoit in pattern. In till sizes and widths. I'riced at 510.00 pair. Brown Kid STRAP PUMP . $9.50 "Alt.MSTUONO" make of course. A very dressy pumjt; plain with wide Instep strap, military heel and welt solo. Women who like Uio Armstrong shoe and desire something for general wear will find this an Ideal pump. Fit, wear und umillty ussured. In all sizes and widths. I'ricitl at $0.50. The same pump iu black, FOR SALE Ladies..' saddle hoivsc. Silo cutter anil' engine. One Xirtional Cerdit Sys tem. I Underwood Typewriter. One Exide Dattery. New and Second Hand (loods Uouu'lit and Sold. COMMISSION AND BROKERAGE STORE !()() Fir St. Call 313-J Nolan Skiff OnSBUVEIt WANT ADS GET RE SULTS. ji ?t jit iiita iril Iii I tiaaivf (lncorporatoa) New Fashions Footwear White Buck Black Patent Trimming $10.00 A beautiful sport slio", yon will nay of this two-strap, low lieHed pump of f i mo whiiu huc-1:, with black patent trimmini?'. ami likkle buckles. . It fits admirably ni'll In the loot ix'.uhintj u IiIliIi an -Ik it Ih of AUMSTKONU mnko whirh as huits Us Quality, fit and w::r. In ail sizes and widths. , l'riuej at I1U.U0. J9.00. ut $5.00. LA GRANDE CONSTRUCTION & SUPPLY CO. General Contractors and Builders Screen Doors, Windows and all kinds of Mill and ....Cabinet Work. Estimates on Plate Glass and.... Store Fronts Phone 428-J Cor. Greenwood and Madison La Grande, Oregon H. P, Neilson and Chas. E. Harris, Props. DANCE EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS Open Air Favillion, Union, Ore. Music by Imperial Pep Orchestra THIS SPACE IUI I'OIt BY AL'S ILLUMINATING STORE ' i:tm Street near Y. M. U. A. La Grande, Oregon. t! T ' - f i a ii an i.ii--iiii - 1- Turn the Corner and Get Some of Our BACON AVe have the cleanest and sweetest break fast Itacoii you have seen fur mam- a day, oiHy 'w pi T 11). Diainoiitl . lefty Ilnwder 10c Diainoiitl W l.-e Cream I'owder 10c Sea l.slaiid rineapple ...3Qc (iet your canning' strahuerries now. G. HOLM GROCER Quality and Service FREE DELIVEBY ' - CALL MAIS 13 , OJBSJLSYEU APVyRTISIhTi will V;-.; jfialt X7 t iX Care of Your Foot Troubles! in A Two Strap' Erown Kid Pump of Armitfrong make $11.00. Black or Erown KID OXFORDS $5.00 An exci ptiimal value is tlii:i kid oxford in either black or brown. It has a military heel, bo!--l we't sole and the fitting qualities aro ex. uptinnal for a j-hoo of this kind. In all sizes now, widths A lo D. Very special now o o o O O O oo o O 9 O O o e r ir..i5A- r