Saturday, January 6, 1923
" THE LA GRANDE giNCTSERVElT'
La Grande Eveninri Observer
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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
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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.
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