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t r PAGE POUR r THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Wednesday, August 30, 1022 La Grande Evening Observer. AH INDKl'KNDKN T MJWKI'AI'I'.lt. Published dally nni wnt-kly Ht I." Grtndo, Oregon, hy I,a Uraniln Uvuii lOff Obfftrvor ruhilMiInt; Comi'any. BKUCH DKNN1H, Kciilur. Bntered at the 1'ontnrt lr m im tirKwie, Oregon, & Bucond Clans Mail ;Lt.rr. AtSdren all cnmmunk-ntlotia to THK OBflBUVIOH, Htti Adauia Ave.. Ui Grande, Ojron. UHHCHIITIO!V KAILS. Br Carrier. Pally, per month 7-,. Xaily, pur ihroo months '...12.2; Da y, ur "'x mo., in advuncu i-t.f.o Dally, single copy ,. ,t Br Mall. waiiy, pr yor, in advittifo $ r,.orj Dally, six month, In alviun-e I-'. .Mi Dally, threo inondin lit aUviiicu.... pally, pur month 50c Weekly OtiMrvur-Stnr, by mail, por year, la avuncu Oo aii;miii;ii or akvmiatiiii viik Thr Asforiiilt.l l'r'KH in 'K-uhI vH cnlll I. it lr, u,... l or p'i,l.lii all(tn nf a H rn uH illMial'li'-M r.-ii'"l to It o- not (iIIhtwIm- .r.iiHfl In linn r"tT, aii't rtl:4fj thf lorn I iit-ws lut.lintifil t)Kr-iii All rti-filH of r.--!"ilili.-Miiri of m;i:Im1 HiMpati:litB li'T'j hIko re rtrvfd. JITV AMI "I NTV Ol-TH-IAl-I'AI'IJU. THE LONDON FAILURE Hope in Europe. Kdwin James, nne of the most con- On utile in other Hth-a tr!iron Hot.'' ; crvative (if American foreinn new Stand. Portland, i tho Kurojiean .situation, offers a, ray dl hope an reanls t"ie reparations outlook. According to .Mr. James them is more chance !or a yichhim attitu.I on the part of France lhan appears upon the ui ri are. Another conference is predicted for .November, anl tn the inlerv -"nine er 10. then- will he all sorts of addition I ;il pn paratory negotiations, official imp I icial. As-. Mr. James, nuts it iholh l.loyd (ieore and I'oincare had .a chance to cool off, hoth realize th ispi'ctivii jjoveninu-NtH, and each will seek the means for bringing their viewpoints into uccord ajrain. This is welcome news. Un to dat iw. i-.-;t,K ...ji,... i,,... 1.. 1 ,... (the French have failed to keep prac ticahle reparation and bitter vengeance sufliciently divorced. There is a mid dle ground which may exact of Ger many all possible recompense fur the wrong she has done without her eco nomic destruction, and this will he found ultimately. In the meantime neither in Knirlanil ntir America should it he forgot U"i Bible Thought for Today j VIJAISK TIIK r;ooi COD: 1 .Make a joyful noise unto tin- Lord, f Eator into Ills fiat Kivintf. For (ho 1. 01 (1 is noud T.sa. JOti; 1, 1, 5. THE OFFICE CAT BY JI NIUS- TJ10 allied conference at Lninluii, culled in a J'inal ef fort to settle the quest ion nf ( Icinian reparat ion, ended iu flat failure, as uearlv cvervbodv expected it would. Ami u" "-''any "as ."ever 1 1 set herself earnestly to the righting of if any more coiifereiiees are called, tlicy w ill end doubtless the wrongs she ro'mmittcd. she hn. .. . . , , . . P ... ;triel t( avoid them, while l-Vance, the lit lailure just as conitle(e unless the eonlerees are vill- greatest sufferer rnmi the Cennim in tog, oil' hoth sides, to face facts. fe'' has l" fiht ,0 ct "n" Those facts are plain enough to all the world outside of France. Surely they must he plain, too, to i'Yench states men, when those statesmen allow themselves, for an oc casional moineut, to lapse I'rom war bitterness anil the ex igencies of French politics. dennany ou.ht to pay all thai lias been assessed Bgainst her.' The moral obligation is there, and (lei niany considered 'as a business insi it uloioii, -with ureal assets end productive power, might be supposed able o inahe enough profit to meet the allied war bills. Ami France and the other allies deserve all lhat they can collect from ermaiv', JJiit there's the rub they can collect very little by any means yet tried, or by any other conceivable means. For the allies want money, and money is the cue thing that Uerniany does not possess and apparently cannot ohiain.j Germany is cleaned out: of cash. ShW is no longer able; ,, ul,,.:!(s 0N,V. to. obtain anv cash worth sjieakiug i f by selling paper: in't pow.ier your nose, N'l TK ;il .,..1 I., , Sill..: . i" io,- i.uoiu tii.e. 1 III , 1 1 1 II r 1 II 1 1 ' ' I hum I I ' " MANNKKS AM) C TSTOMS. "In Turkey they sew up a criminal in a baB " "In this country his lawyer endeav ors to sew up the llistrci t AUorney." SI'OKT (iOSSlf. A battint; uveniKf f z(-'ro in the no-hit league consists of pineh-hittinit for a column conductor w ho is Inking j a vacaoon. Uon't send flowers wo ncd jokes. "In time of trial." said a I.i Grande preacher, "What brini;- us the great- j est comlort : "An ai'Muitlal," re:;poN(k'l the per son who should never have been admitted. A newly manied man tells that his wife bakes the be-t shredd bis cuits that htf ever tasted. AN EAKTIKJl'AKK I'UKFEHUKI). i'ollowinir a leeen" earth(uakc in a region that shall he nameless, five- year-old Jimmy was sent nv his fond; patents to a distant uncle's home. Three days later they received this wire: "Am returninj; your Doy. toeml me the eai th(iiake." "Our worst misforl unes neve hap nen." savs lialzac. I o vou mean. Mis ter that there ain't no coal strike, af ter all? One wav to iret a lino on the .latest in neirlineo is to consult the fashion magazines hut a better way is to wait for a hotel fire. a nk;ht uaidkk. 'Never ask your husband for mon ey, " counseled the Old .uurrica Woman. "I never have to" rehired the lounei Bride, proudly. "Charley's such u; daiiinir. lie sleeps like a baby all, I niKht lonii. Not that it matters much, but the esteemed Middlebury Independent in forms us that Will I'lank is in Chi cago, attending the Lumber Dealer's convention. STRICKEN WITH marks for go! could pav them in goods, but thev That is all there is to it. Itnn't polih your nails VILLAGE RESPONSIBILITY. Hot WiMllt i;'olo. j In the public ways. And don't display Such a length of limb, hoii't dnVi on I he .street As if Koii'R I" swim. II IGITIS ! j j Coti7rlclitIl.rtH.-ti.llii.rUw Hart Schaffner & Marx Have Sent a Hundred New Suit3 for Fall - Men's and Young Men's OUR ADVICE WEAR THE EEST CLOTHES ' YOU CAN Better clothes always feel better; look betler; fit better and you get a lot mure, out of them. That's why belter clothes pay. The. smart slylo of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes ltoepa you well dressed and In good taste, Tim fine quality Rives you longer wear, and saves you money. You're guaranteed all these things in Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. The label iu your suit or overcoat Is a credit to your judgment. t'omo In and see ull the new fall styles belted suits and plain models. -Many different weaves and shades. I'riced J25 to $00. Always Ask For INTERWOVEN SOX Their wearing qualities .their fineness, iheir fit, are un s ur passed in men's hosiery. There are so many diirereni kinds in 'Interwoven" lhat it U easy for every man to buy it. Interwoven Silk, 75c. Others from 25c tip to Jli.115 pair. FLORSHEIM SHOES Sold Here Exclusively $10 Kvery man knows and buys Florsheim shoes. This store is exclusive agent in La Orando for these the last, tlio slylo and shade you want will be found In our Florslieini stock. We believe Plorshcims fit betler, wear better and have a general better feeling than the ordinary shoe. Our yearly sales show they are a great favorite in La ta-aude Most Florsheinis are now $lu, a few at ?11 and $12. Iiou't talk -o much about "him" an. I "his." Ilon't say so oflel! "I'll say it is.'' And don't say "dearies." And don'l chew gum And then I'll say The niilUiiiiiin's come." May we fly in.tjie face of public. Perhaps a stiffening of the backbone of government, j lucid as well as national, is one of the prime needs ol Un united Stales today. There ha.-, developed a glowing ten dency to let I'nclc Sam do it whenever d iscs arise l"--nuiring active. afcUiiitiinui-rr.Uii.iiiauy.aint ters., of course, the individual slat es are st ill insistent upon their rights. I n i opinion long- dough to say ilia: there 1 1 1 1 ... i ..i n... c.i i , th'i'o good inotliers-in-law, go.'i step- many Diners itiev noi mm e.spei-i uie iiiui.ii -m i-iumi. i.i , m,,,!,,,,,,, . WMWs who remarry nd in i i) li.'ill 1 hi work, hi thev .e-- he liniil with lllcll' own i "alt- irood wiv half from apparent inert la. Forincr governor l'wden of Illinois said a few year ago that in matters of law, order and responsibility the village came first, 1heu the town ,the city, the county, the! state and last of all t he tiat ion. Ig village government fail ed to cope with its own problems it was likely that every! successive unit in the whole governmental fabric would1 fail equally. Although the public knows the fact as an nil-i age it forgets that no whole is stronger than its weaked, part. 1 This brings the circle back once more to the pror old -hi whom evcuit :nng is hiameil ami on wlii-m nmsi of the dire conseiiiiences1 of bis follv descend with uul'ail ing regularitv. Thai is deuiocLicv functioning 1 Yet t he out look is not wholly dark. Hi Incut ion, ilelcrniiiia tioll, backbone, intelligence. rcv mils ibilil y these things can be cultivated, and eventually they will make the vil lage and its higher sister governments el I'iciciit. (Special to The Observer) MOUNT C.I.K.V, Aug. 30. Marle Kent, of ..N'ampa. Idaho, who makes her home With Alvarn Heswiek. was slricken wilh nieningilis Thursday. She was unconscious for 48 hours. lr. Kiehardsnn was summoned and states thai there ,is hope for re covery. Mrs .l'nckard and her daughter, Mrs. Leo Kent, from Nampu, urn at tho bedside of Miss Kent. . Mrs. Adams Kelloll of Utah. Is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Itay Allen. Mrs. J. A. Leak has returned from Yakima, Washington, and was ac companied by her daughter on her trip In (Washington, who will at tend school at Yakima. MiHS Gladys will make her home witli her grand mother. Mis. Richards. Miss Uolda l'horniau and Hilda llnhiTlsini u-nro i-illnr. ill ilin hi.mn 'of K. I). Whitina this week. Prescriptions j Modern prescription service ia J j I nai you Kfi iu our suop. o i have everything prescribed by I physicians and all compounding I is dono with skill and care, J The same expert attention is j i Riven to tlio fitliuK of family recipes as wo k'vo to tho most J I intricate prescriptions. . Our prescription slogan is- 1 j KiKht Iiugs Hi-lit Service Jit l Jiilit I'l'lces When you want us to call for i a prescription phoao Main 4U. i j Newlin Drug , Gomparfy j FARM LOANS uul'ail- ( feeblv.1) WO MUCH MATERIALISM. I is-iisi iik1 in one of llie magazines lite everlasting! questions of "what's wrong with our schools," the writei'i says : . :tm y "We have suffered our public schools to become tin ' spoils of materialists. We have allowed oiirsehes to be persuaded that the impoiiaul thing i to obtain a living; rather than how to live. "And the cream of the jest is that the exponents of vo eat ional t raining are defeating llicir own piirpoes becansel they will not see that even material sin-cos depends not .so 'much upon mechanical efficiency as upon personalit . ' imagination, knowledge (1f men and women ;md of the e-i eononiic forces whidi pla upon i.m-'s l'ii-.ine-s." flM ' i i , - . , 1 i nei-e is ceriaimy a goon ileal in I Ills lew. I lie voca- f tiomtl training people tend to go i . . far in the public) schools, as the technical training people in the uiiivcrsi j ties. "The life is more than meal and the l-odv than rai-i liient," and no syMem ,.' e.ii:.'at wiM ,.,-v Vinllv .-tic i eeed unless it ack nowled-c- thts irinii. I-.M u lor praeii eal jmrposes, as the writer siic.-!. it i- a ini-tak.- I ei.n fine teaching to the pmeiy pra.-t io,,l. 'I'll,' idea, the cullu; al, the -tuff concerned w ilh the rcfinciiienl of life and tin : elevation of taste and purpose, is needed to -i i n ula I e tin , life forces which are all back of achievement, and to givi 1 point and purpi se Co lmman effoi I. i A nephew of d'eneral I'er-lnng has roiuiied as a.-i.-t ' tint prohibition director of i w Vml because the work i- 1 "verv distasteful" to him. Now whai eai be mean bv' thatf o I o women aid ti (J.e Jt te lieioi di'scovt red in0a j3 -JV&f'itoos. If this be vital ftati.-th t i! ! ! le i c so v in iiior 'i 'hoi. -e, s.moking com- s, uiak. the most ,.,f it This Itauk is ideased lo a niioiini-e that il has Tnt-mctl n eoiiuei-l ion I'y slock ii'Mieiship lluoiigh ils oltii ei-s with the I'acllic ( nasi .loint SIim k I , ami Uaiiks ol eoi lhinil. San I 'rain i-co, l.os Angeles and Sail Lake I'lty, I. .l ining I lu- Assm lalion of Cacil ic ( onsl .loinl Slock Land Hanks. These Institution ace oigauieil lor tho purpose or promoting the gen eral welfare ol' llie I'niillc Slope and providing capilal for lliu develop- I ol ils agriiiilliii'al resources. The liniil llanUs are allied with strong conimeicial lianklng illstitll- 1 s i" Ibe four eiliis. .Tin- I'liitlanil Hank, to which iipplical ions will lie s.nl 11, rough this I, auk liniil Soul It western Oregon, is headed by A. L. Mills, I'resiilenl il Hi,. Nalional Hank or Poll laud. hirst inorlgage loans will he mad liti-m IiiiiiIh in amiiiiuls up lo 8 lll.Oilll.no to au i borrower lor long terms of years at low rales ol ml, I, si, Hie present rale lieing o p,.,. eent. All mortgages will he made on the uiuoriy.iil ion plan, which menus Hun the loan is paid off h, equal semi-annual Installments of a Uxeil """" which Includes inleresl and a sul lieient ninoiinl or the principal so II,., I nl Ibe end of llie I, Tin II, lire dehl, principal anil Inleresl, will he wiped oul. I'or eMiuiple, on !,, (,r ijilllllll.OO made r.ir a perioil or :l:t jeai s al II per ceiil llie pa, u r senil-aiinilnl installment of St.. .on will ciner interest charges and completely llipiillale the loan at " 1,1 "r """ perioil. Anj ainoiiiil may be rigured on llie same basis. I a, hi- Ibis plan llie liornmer eseapes III,' nlino lllice. expense anil Linger- ..r slum I, in, inorlgage loans ulii.h ,lo not proviile Tor rediietion ol ihe pinn ip.il. lor il the coM naiils ol the inorlgage are observed anil i ho pa.Mii. nis piompily i, n. ,,.stiu r renewals or possible lore- tlo-uie is eliiiiiiialed. I'riMlege of pie-pavinenl ol' piim ipal is granted nl'ler tive years. 'Ihe proceeds o a loan nut be used lor nny agricultural development, put poses siii'h its pa.ting oil mortgages on farni lands, improvements, l-iinliiise ol Liinl. equipment, lles,irL, etc., I'lil not Tor speculation ill i nl. o puses ,1, l l oulsido ,, il,,. ,,.m 1r ,., , t re. All loans are niade direct n 1 1. I.ortotver anil no coniniissions ran be thai god against I, In, l.y joint s, L .M, hanks, any agent tir iell-e.seu-lalne. Itottower ttiiisi Lear lb,- epense t.r aiiraisai or his iinipeily anil llie il, lcriiiiiinli.nl ,. tin,,. This expense will be relatively small. II Is n,.l a i niillmiiiig ( Large, In, I once paid Is good for the term or Ihe loan. I he borrower is not required to pun liase slock In lite Land Itank, to .loin an assot la! ion, nor ini tir ant oilier obligation beyond that to the Joint .slock Laud Itauk making his loa i. It Is not required that he live ' per- i. '.. op.'iale the proper!) mortgaged. On appti. e-1 'nrm an. I iaii.lt piop.-ri) Hie l.itml Hank will loan Till per ceiil ol Uie I, in, I )alite plus Uo p,.r ,.,., t,r the value of Ihe Insured iitipto't-ineiils. so, li v nl u,- lo In- .l. terinliietl by l-'etleral appraisers and Ibe loan ( oitiiuilti I the land Hank. As the pin pose or these hanks is to take care or loans not available tioni llie l-'edeial I'ariti Loan Itanl.s and the Sate School l-'niiils, appll lao.ors il noi Le recei.-,l ur Hi.- present Tor loans or less than Jg."ooo.oo. Lnrh al'i'ln aOon must Le a. i-ituplk,ie( Ly n ree or .'dUtl.tnl as ')lib'iico of good I nil h. Il the loan Is not constdeif-t. re lll hi; l-elrt-d lo ap plicant. 11, all.-r apptaisal is made, t,,. a ient ion Is rejected, the lee will be retained lo itppli on the epese tit Hie alisal. It' Ihe loan Is made lite lee ill Le cte.ble.l thefplica! s 'rt payment or the loan expense. ppll. lion 14.,, it- and 1,1,11,,-, inloi inalio ill be glaill.v rui uisln il L llie If t.ian.fc- Xaootiiil Hank ot la tirantle. Ijo'gon, whth is a o.n..f to !. tttlntn.ms i,,,m ( ,,,( na, alloa oajiiocs. The Quality of Our Footwear Spells EXCLUSIVENESS STYLE RELIABILITY VALUE INDIVIDUALITY COMFORT AND ECONOMY The Bootery A Paradise for Tired Feet. 20G Depot Street Phone Main 113 Orover Smith, Mgr. r'V I') I. 'I MA"'fc:AI mm 7 m -.1. m D.O.K.K.I.E.S. PASTRIES AND CAKES decorated with the I). (). K. lx". einbleins. Any niein ok uie oltler made ill sugar. Place your orders early to avoid disappointment. Trench Pastries, Cakes', Pies, Buns, Breads and Cookies Fresh Every Morning. em- o rib 0 - o '