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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1923)
Saturday, January 6, 1923 " THE LA GRANDE giNCTSERVElT' La Grande Eveninri Observer A ixuki-kxukxt m.vmii-i:u. I i tiiMiKiu1! daily and weekly lit La StHmli.. oreicon. hy i, .;-,.) Kven Ua Obat-rvi-r PtiMlMitii Coinimiiy ItJlUUld D13NNW, Ktlltir. Butt-nil at the roMtiifrire at hH Oriml j Orfuuii, ti. .'. ml CIhwi Mail Malior ! Adi!r n rmiminlt-tiil-.-iiii to Till'' PllKKUVKR, ' Hill AUama Ave.. Lh (jl-anue, Oregon, 81 HSCUIITIOX It AT US. r Carrier. Pnily, per month 7: lnilv. pr ltlv nioiiltiH ..$-.; Daily, pi.T mix mo., in ad v mica Dnily, Mhiclw copv i VVI Y ANI1 roiV.V OI'I'ICIAf, II y Mull. Dully. per yenr. In ailvnmw llil.V, HX IlU'tllllM III HtlVHIlUf Daily, Ihretj nionths. In HtlvHiu'u f 1 . 2 " UVekly Ubtfrvtr-S(Hr. by mall. pr fur, in advance On hi ul her iliesOr. ;oil llot.'l Editorials From Over the Nation WISDOM SEKKS TO UK SIMPLE Omnha World-Herald: It is a most kuZa WliiK,!!ir.,,BNnl!,!lr.Hl S'"! valuable criticism which the Ncbra iStund, I'orlland. MtOHIIlCK UT ANMKIATKI) I'HI-WK. Tin- Ahm-v-hUiI I'ri'KH in exclusively t ilt it led to line for 'iliht leu tioli of ail (lews ilif-pnirl.e-! eredlti'd lu it or not itllu-nvlxe. erediled in ihln paper, nnl t Isu the lot'nl lU'WK p i till shed therein. All riuhle of r'-pnblte:iiioii f special (liypitithes heroin ulso uru reserved. ka tmpreme court made of the vcr- brusity used in an iiKlictmeut in a criminal cast brought before that court. As a sample of "vain and pompuus repetitions," we quote from a luteal document that charired: j that the said Charles Nich- ;ols. with the leaden bullets afore j said out of the pistol commonly call ed a 'revolver.' then and there bv the 'f-r'T of the (run-powder, as afore . . -said, then and there, unlawfully Pur NOW, NOW : Behold, now is tIa';pogey (el cetera et cetera) did ,w.,.n..t-..A lichnld. now is the i strike, neuet rate and wound with m- . . , ... . iiKiuiw Cf.l. tent aforesaid, thereby, tnen anil nay oi amu. - v , . . . . , E ' ........ h. ,.ft f h body and in and upon the left side of the head of her the said Emma Carow, with the intent aforesaid, thereby, then and there, to (five her the said Kmma Carow in and upon the left side Commenting upon the superfluity . , . , , j i Ti io iin (ilH nlrii wrote the opinion ot the case in ques jiennmi session 01 mw-maKing mu mw icykm... . , . . . docliment of 8ome 500 The Coming Session. Tj!rislatnrs from all mils of the state are leaving their homes I o ... ( i uiiiiiieiLiiii upon uiu an pei iiuna and journeying to Salem today for the purpose of holding intof the lanKuapo Judjre Rose, who custom which, with all the modern ideas in politics, lias not tiwunla within the compuVs of 100 Si i n u . ....t.t.itiva rrnvpnuiipnt is 'Words, A nd the commended simpler been improved upon. It seems that representative goeinmeiu u, gtatcm011t jj'et a necessity, although the most radical reformers will tell you jt often sevms that thu moic lcve.ythii.ff should be done by the people direct, lie that as it may, lcm- e'Sht j h! is with his handiwork. From the (necessity to be explicit the desire jfor accurate wording often overlaps itself. And thus lawyers' words, Ithoutrh not intended to obscnrn the Unit wnK rppfnin from forecasts at tne present inumeiiu jirum, onen uo nuie tne meanings the onlv offenders. If simpler forms can convey accu rately the sense intended it would stem that simplicity is the thing. 'Oregon's legislative session opens Monday morning in Salem I K IC Kiihli will hp sneaker of the house of representatives ..,i Qi,. T..,r TTf,. tiriii Ua mw;iliinr officer of the senate. At (iiiu ouimud ui,v iJvuii n in v- i" TWELVE 1IOUU DAY TALK Spokimo Chroiiick': AfU'i an in-VL'sti-jation of more than forty in- (Justiies, coverinif a two-year period Walter iM. Pierce, of La Grande, will be inducted into office on Monday, and then the wheels of the legislature will begin to turn. Slowly at first, probably, but very likely much faster as the ses sion progresses. The legislature is nsked to adopt a strictly economical plat form and it should obey that request to the letter. Heretofore, it lint Kixiit nstiiuidnrorl Vii.rli ti-p-mnn tn reneal anv law voted by the people. This session should take a different view, and me ofjo the laws which the people have voted causing heavier taxation ,a not an economic, necessity, should be repealed. We believe that even those who supported iuch nu- some of the people's measures causing heavier taxes will lie , hitrh time for America to find that pleased to have the legislature stand forth and assert its right j v,ho P,d thtwelve to repeal these measures. inot b! efficient workers. The human t machine, like any other machine, In the Olcott special session it will be remembered that all (will soon wear out when it is ovei- ! asked was the privilege of placing the 1025 fair program before j A -truok whit.h is i,uit lo carry ! the people to be voted upon. A number of state senators refused ! one-ton loads will not last lone; un- . , i , , ii, fl,.,.,. der two-ton burdens. An enjtme will ! to put it up to the people. Those senators were lashed on the I loot soon Utsc jn cfliciency it it is nut f nnt linvino-fnith in the l.eoule. but they i lowed proper time for coolinir off. " . "' V , . ' T , ., , . .1.. j ti, ..f;u I Children can not do the work of ! stood pat antl cleleateu tne roriutna seneiue, gie.ii.ij w .- (;l.,nvups withuut stuntiiiK their I faction of the people of the state as a whole. growth and dwaifinK their minds. .... ,,11 r 4Un And one man can not do the work No member ot this session should hang for a moment on the of two mm without suffurip for it i heretofore almost insuiJiiountalile argument that "the people j and inakinK his work suffer pro- , , . , . . . , ,, iportionalely. It is not an "economic passed it and it should not be changed. I necessity" for an employer to ask his ! K we are to have economy some of the people's laws must be 'men to do more than iheir richtful . i-.... u. t lt. l. ,(,., ,.t f,m stotn onvPlll- ""y ,llolK """. " levlSUll, 1U1 UIV rtlliuuill. int icj;i.iiiimic .wi. "...w . nient would make but little less taxes, whereas some of the peo ple's measures if repealed would show a marked decrease 0.1 the tax notice. Plan of raising more money by taxation should not get favor able action. The income tax should never pass unless automatical ly there is a decrease in the taxes on real estate. Merely to pass an income tax to provide more money lo spend would be a crime against the people of the state. And it is so with other forms of taxation destined to raise more revenue. It is not more revenue we should have but it is a decrease in expenditures that is demand- necessary for htm to misuse his ma chinery and wear it out. A man should have at least as much time to rest as he devotes to work. If he spends half of the twenty-four hours at labor and the other halC recuperatinj;, it doesn't leave him a yreat deal of time for recreation. AN AMERICAN HANDSHAKE A Ton of Mincemeat Philadelphia Public Ledger: . Judge riufj'in'rton, speaking ' before our Chamber of Commerce at its Aiher icanix.ation incetinir. which marks ed by everyone. the : b(inninjr of an exceedingly ini-i paitnnt unueriakm, Mid well to em phasise a ' phase of the work that ou:.ht to be paramount in the minds of all concerned. The new arrivals are not statistics on a chart; they are not segments on a graphic curve; they are not sheen in a pen. They arc human beings, anil if they deserve to come into our land they deserve a human welcome. A mere perfunctory salu tation will not do. The heart is more who personally through these years whoch personally through these years m llovniMii l!iiPKfh. who inns a "hole in the!1"" 11 notable service in the ""- - ' I very undertaking he describes. The wall" eating house in La Grande, who not only knows what a ton handshake of a cordial greeting, the of mince meat looks like, but he knows how much work it requires P'-"f s well as the profession of a . -genuine persona! concern, count for to make it, and how much work it takes to roll it into pies and ,m.e tmin th(! ()ffjt.ji ,.utine to- shoot them across the counter to farmer, railroad man and busi ness and professional man for consumption. Just before Christmas Herman made up a whole ton of mince meat. Apples, raisins and other "fixin's" used in its manufac ture were thrown in by the liarrel, the mixing was in the nature When your teeth enter a piece of mince pie so popular at this season of the year, can you visualize a ton of mince meat? Can you imagine what a quantity of that choice edible would look like made up in ton lots ? the ward what Jacob liiis called making of an American." We do not have to belong to hoards or committees to do our part as Ameiican citizens in domesticating the alien and helping him to become a valuable, constructive member of 11... i:.:.... a 1 1 P 1 1 '1 1 ...it; .. if ..unLita. n iiitiiflSMUKC IIIIU ol mixing cemeni 101; aeaij duiiuiiik iuibuuiuuh, iiu -1, .uiv,a Snuie are not the least of the out with the fine flavor in pies such as "mother used to make." jantidoies for loneliness und sullen ... . , , ., T. 1, " suspicion. How long with a ton of mince meat last.' It would run a, ? family quite a while, but Herman is now seeing the bottom of; sooneic OK LATEll the barrels and it has all been baked into pies for the hungry M.inkat ,t , , , 4 . 1 'Ml.-. , ..-nOODle ot La Ul'aiUie. ipossiwie tnai sooner or later -Amur Tl, .,i;n tnlts iii liilli.ins nf dr.llnis mm, the business man lc". m:1' Uu !" lukK t-urope ..in; nw - . - ;unoe talks in thousands, when he used to talk in hundreds, and the res taurant man talks in tons of mince meat, when they used to talk in ten-pound cans. Yes, things are moving along pretty fast, too. r its wing and show the natives thereof how to run things. Europe has some pretty bright statesmen who are rather free in wholesaling their advice as to how American af fairs should he handled, but mean while they seem to lack the Prac tical ideas that put into operation Many a person is not satisfied with anything less than 'tf ToS't?. career punctuated with plenty of dashes. i which it has been plunged. J Some day America will drag V.u- irope out of the mire anil it will pre- tj New leal s was placed a ween loiiow.ng tnrisunas 10 give paie itseii to cult tne first country . ,, .. 1 ' tnai ancnipis wunou. warrant lo lolks time to KCOei. islu,.t Kometliinr that is likely to be imixed with blood. If America must Fascist! have ordered a change in Italian coinage but what it .m W" . Kh;.,J say wen me n'nunK snail Defrm and when it must atop. America must be the bos. FORUM BRIEF PUNCHES Awukc! 'for Nature in her Bow! of Might, lias cast tho Hock to hido the Mire from sight; And lo! the people from the Valley's 'East have come Determined to procure a good paved roud or fight. Before the phantom of our false hopes died Methuught n voice across the valley cried. "When 11 11 the country is prepared outside ! Why nod the drowsy County Court : within';'' I And as the rains descended, those who journeyed o'er j The quagmire shouted: "Build now this road! You know we voted its construction more thnu four I Long years ago. And now wo need it more." i I sometimes think there never was so deep A road as that one westward from Mount funny steep; Alas! us yet it's only paved with that, it's said, Is used to pave that City of the Dead. ' Come build the road, and in the Fire of Spring i Your winter garment of repenting ; fling. j The Bird of Time has but a little! way 1 To fluttei and the Bird is on the wing. J Waste not your Hour, nor in the! vain pursuit i I Of This and That Endeuvor or .' Dispute; Better be jocund with this necessary , rnmf ' Than sadden us with None, or Gravel ' roaus. Omar Khayyam, Jr. llayton News: ('barlle flialilhi Is lo vel. lie's always doing somelhlii;; funny. Ashvlllu Times: l.lle Is a one-way street lur the exclusivo use ol' west hoilliil truffle. (iroom.Uo I'leiluionl: They say misery loves rompanv, hut Turke wauls 110 other mil ion n .amits. Oinnhu World Herald: I'eilmps Mi'. I'nmen'H traction exnei It-nre will be of some uso lu his efforts to keep tbe Hcnnto on thu right track. Washington 1'ost: A Kansas edi tor says women In polities get fat. to wbleh lliey might retort 'that some of the men In polities get fatheaded. (Irecnvllle ricdnu.nt: If the (Ireek example sel a precedent, will colleges execute coaches when tho teams have a bad season'.' Travelers report that Kuropean hootch Is very Kood Ibis season, but lacks t hat wood flavor so dear to A ItlerleHHs. SHARP SHOTS Kgotlsm consists, of blowing, your own horn and scolding because tho world Is out of tuns. ' : i - If ever the financial side turns, the mark won't have to climb very tut to reach bottom. , . If you h ivou't the knack of making ; inwy, you huv a firm conviction , that very fow rich men go 10 noav- ell. THE OFFICE CAT More has been done for the world by wheelbarrows than by automo biles, "Two little cluprs chased n black eat like a streak of greased litfht nirif across the street and in be tween two buildings into an alley," says 1111 exchange. "In about a sec ond the two little dogs came back into it streak of greased lightning with a big dog chasing them be tween two buildings. Life is like that." True blue never fades. Why in Sam Hill a certain party in the-office wears woolen socks over their silk stockings is a mystery, Amos Tash notes. Just like wearing gloves over a diamond' ring. Kvon a bad egg will not take of fense if you leave it alone. To l.e college bred, means a four year loaf, requiring a great deal of dough, as well as plenty of crust. Keternal triangle: and coroner. Hootch, flivver .WE TK Y AN YTHING vON'Cft V. To develop alertness '' And' pofffe and limber up the spinal vertebrae, try stepping on the soap as you get out of the bathtub. Kansas City Chopper. Darn you hide, Charles Unrker, we'll never believe another thing we read in your paper. We can't blame a woman for want ing to be in style, but the great rmus lion is, how does she know when she i;i in style. Our Obligation to You Wc led that our obligation to you goes beyond this sale... That an article bought and paid for docs not mean that the transaction is permanently closed. Every dollar you spend with us for Ladies' Ready-to-Wear and Millinery is spent with the definite understand ing that you get lull value for your money invested. We feel every customer appreciates this protection in their clothes buying. It's worth something to them. Wc gladly extend such a protective service to you, whether the purchase be small or great. PUT-MAN'S LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR AND MILLINERY Successors to Campbell Sisters laf-sas - . -2i'.- THE CAUSE OF !i MOST TROUBLE jj . A craze for speed a j, desire to "get there" ; is the cause of nearly all j motoring accidents, j! Sane- driving not only jj helps to decrease the j number of accidents but jj increases tha life of a j' maehineV m;Aiy times. J: Completeynitmoliile in- j surance ra ai necessity but its cosowsllependent upon yotuAcli'cfulness and mine. Make a Mcnpo Now Telephone 5J'm 86 j Security Insurance j Agency i More than fifly billion ciirarotos ! (WAS. H. UliYNOU.S, nisnni-er. , are made in the United States nn-ijl liramle urigouj nuaiiy, so uie nivvers cant ue thcll "Insuraiue Willi nerviei most numerous things in this coun-ILM- """ ' try, after nil. A man may be able to get credit J for his good intentions, but he is ex- pected to pay leal money for his coal. II K WAS TIIEHI3 "Oo's icky honey bunch is 00? she softly cooed. ; As he. let go his hold on the steer-. J ing wheel to grasp the opportunity ji properly, the car plunged into ajj ditch. Crawling out and digging the 1 mud from his eyes, he gurgled: ! "Ooze!" 1 NOTICE! To Our Customers The Sanitary Ice Cotnpany built up by twenty-five service to custodiers b doing business V ith , service. years of faithful Dili Grandy is still the same kind of Signed r ROY GRANDY, ETHEL GRANDY, LESLIE DUNCAN. it will pass for is more important than its design. A German liaiim is dead from eating too many eggs. 'lien a man disregards expenses somethinjr happens. KTAJII .MM. I. OI'KNS Ineoine tax Manks are one of the things that may confidently Le expected in the new year. The stamp mill at the L'nion mine' in ( 'irnueopia whs started Wednes-1 day after an idleness of more than i two years. It will be several days! before all the nuu hiiK-ry will be npcr- .. . , . . ,. . 'ating, Jirenrrling to .Manager K. .M.l Alcohol in the radiator sitves the car; aieohol 111 the chauffeur, ,.... The first t January he x- perts l!ic mill win in- running one shift. Hob (,lenn. who is leasing the' mine, struck a pocket of extremely Alanv men live unlionoivd, but not many of them escape uii-:'ah or.. A ixily of lower gracie ore ias npeiied at the same time, the fitung. u i. MLk;kUu,.i,.w,l vice versa. Hear Heacock's Radio Receiver HE FORK VOU HUY Our receiving sets receive music, lectures, sermons, piarkct reports, baseball scores, telegraph, etc., from all over the United Stales. Our standard five-tube receiver will receive stations un der 1000 miles as loud as a phonograph, with a good aerial. Wc make receivers complete and installed in your home lit prices inuring, from $131.00 (o $ 100.00. All you need to supply is pole for the aerial. Our rcceiversXiifc both IADIO and Al'DIO frequency and give about FOlUt times' thi volume of the various makes of receivers in this Vicinity, nVul we install them and show you how lo work then. You can learn in one evening. We have rceeivinsels installed in Ihc following places: I.n Grande, Hot I.akc,:igiii, .M'allowa, I.osline, Kntei prise. All our sets are guaranlVd Id work. W'e will build one tojJ in the wall of your lioim. or build it lo fit your phonograph cabinet. Tell is what you want. Heacock's Radio Station KNTKKPUISK, OUKGON. La Grande National Bank Miilciill-iit of Di-eeinlH'l' JI), I9S THIS IIA.VK IIWKSl I ' 'lo Depositors ... J1.4IJ.0--J.: To I he r. H. 'I i'injury l)iiirlnn nl.. uceount ut elreillatlng nift-s '...1. TOTAL 1 . We hale one hmkoI., llivuiigf oi.ueo.'"i I.I.T2.:.1 ni all Utiles mi as lo 1m utile tu llleel any ri liaesl iir nni mem lllllmillalrlr. I tllt 'IIIIS I'l l(.lHK4'i: ijAVi;; (I) 1'i.sh In vault laiof il. punll. .1 wlllt legal 'bposltiirleit , I "jj.415,-,3 I'. H. (lov.-rnni.J i i.rnds L'(l.;uu.iio :l Noe i,r In.llvlittnJI, und corporations L23S.n3.47 II) Ileal estale 'ISO.S'H.'M (5) Slock In Kedc raMcewrve Hank 7,9i.t)0 TOTAL TO MKKT I.NIiKHTLUNUSS ...:.'...tl.!i:l.1.34.i4 Tins i.i:a ks si hi-li s or , ; ....;4.s.tt Wlih li bii oine. Hie iii.h i I) ol Hi,. M, t,l,ol,ler-. after Hie .l,-,,,-K,,. - ate pin, I. ihmI i. uaoainolee mini niii nhleli mi Milleli new lit hii mill r. lulu ilio-e ulileh lian Imh-ii loiluiil with iih for limn) ers. Our llsl) t'.'Niiu re"s enoiiieri,t,., In this statement ( not an. I eon not Ineluile Ihone tiMet nr It len.lln. ss und lielpiulnss "hi. li I his bunk ban In the ..rs..nn. I of Its board of illreelors, lis offle. is mot eniplo-.-H. These are nss. Is which pay dlvlUends to our patrons in service antl satisfaction. tjrsi rrxfs -. "!'.'hj'ii"i.V "--V UhVtWlUu :Kv2--i. .t.5..V;t.-tJ..ilu." - 1.titlrm" J,.UW.:--:-H.V r -. f - ' . - - .. ".''," " ' 1 -
