La Grande evening observer., April 07, 1923, Image 4

Satutaay, IVpi-n 7, 1922.
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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
La Grande Evening Observer
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dent
A good precedent is useful and ought to bo followed. A bad
precedent is vicious and ought to be erased from memory. What
is ii good precedent, and whu'. a bad precedent? Perhaps this will
do as a gauge; a good prer.n l 'ill is one that is founded in reason,
advances righteousness and l.ijmar- happiness, one that in the fol
lowing enhances -so! ('-respect, a bad precedent is one that is founded
in prejudice or passion, subtract:! from tho sum of righteousness
and human happiness, and stifles conscience.
Precedent is one of the greatest powers in the world. Good
causes entrench behind precedent for self protection, or to change
the figure all progress is built upon the firm foundations of good
precedent. Likewise, reactionism and all the other influences of
greed and selfishness that fear the light of reason entrench them
selves behind bad precedents. It doesn't mean much to be told
that there is a precedent for this, that or the other thing. First
inquire what kind of a precedent it is that is set up as an excuse
The other day M. I'oincare, speaking in emotional defense of
what his country is doing in the Ruhr, quoted Bismarck's plan of
"871 as a precedent. That precedent was a bad precedent. It
ought to bo repudiated as unworthy (if this generation, not follow
ed as an excuse by. men who should have learned things since Bis
niarcks time. P.ismarck, rebuked by tolerant and far-seeing men
of his day, probably excused his iron-fisted policy by precedent.
Perhaps he found his precedent in Napoleon Bonaparte. And
Napolean may have cited Otto I, who named Charlemagne, who
named Atilla, who mentioned Caesar, who followed Alexander,
who outdid Cyrus, who mimicked Tiglath-Pilese, or some sire or
successor of Tutankhamen.
Much may be said in defense of what M. Poinrare is doing in
the Paihr, but the fact that Bismarck did or would have done this
or that, or that the last llohonicollei n did or would have done this
or that, is neither a defense nor an excuse. If what Bismarck or
William II has contributed to the recent disaster and the present
unsetllement and certainly both of these men have contributed
more than their share then the policies they followed should not
be employed or mimicked, or offered today in extenuation of this,
or that, or the other thing.
THE HOME 6ARDS
!waimrffl .Garden ?' "j
RKI'Allt AVOItK ON LAWNS
.nwn Heeding to renovatw bare
spot ilnniatMi hy winter free.injr
mid to thicken up the turf as well
a.1 the Kceiliiijf of new lawna should
not be delayed. An idea of the
amount of seed necessary is (riven hy
the following figures which reier to
recleaned need of the best finality.
For new lawns, one pound of geed
should he used for each ;i00 square
feet, for one quarter of an acre 25
pounds. To build up old lawns, one
iiulf or lesB will he sufficient, de
pending upon the condition of the
.-.od.
On established lawns nt this time
either commercial fertilizer, bone
meal, shredded cow manure or pul
verized sheep manure dressings
should new he Riven in order that
the spring rains may carry the ex
tra supply of plant food down to the
roots, 'flip concentrated fertilizers
sold by most dealers should be sprin
kled upon the lawn as soon as the
frost is out of the ground. About
' pounds to a space of 1.000 square
feet, Ml by 20, is a sufficient amount
and it will be a good plan to mix
it with an equal amount of pulver-
iva.l .li'u nil In render distribution
easier and prevent any danger of
burning. In new lawns double this
amount will he needed.
If nitrate of soda is used, scatter
it thinly after it has been pounded
fine so that there are no large lumps
remaining. This is the quickest act
ing lawn fertilizer in early spring
but as it is only a temporary spur,
other fertilizers should be used later.
A quick catch tor ol lending bare
spots in u lawn is white clover.
Many like a liberal supply of white
clover in their greensward while oth
ers object to it. If 'green moss
shows in spots on the lawn it is
a sign that the soil is sour. The
lawn should be given a dusting of
lime to remedy this condition and
sweeten the soil, liydrjteu lime or
finely pulverized limestone may be
used. A large handful to a square
yard is usually .enough.
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Editorials From
Over the Nation
Words
It is announced tlint tho cost of printing the Congressional
Record for the recent short and final session of the sixty-seventh
congress was more than $3(10,000. Four thousand dollars a day to
lay before tho people the priceless aphorisms, tho soaring elo
quence, the contributions to human knowledge of their represen
tatives. The extra edition of the Kccord, got out two weeks after con
gres quit, alone cost over $10,000. More than half of this issue is
devoted to speeches that, paradoxically, never were delivered. The
insertion of such side remarks in parenthesis as "applause" and
"laughter" might load the unsophisticated to believe that those
rhetorical efforts commanded the absorbed attention of large and
applicative audiences. But the dramatic and graceful gestures
practiced in private were never needed. The authors obtained
"leave to print" and tho country was granted the privilege not only
of reading these productions, if it felt like it, but of paying heav
ily, whether it read them or not. It is figured that the printing
bill for these pseudo speeches alone exceeds $5,000 in this single
issue. (i
And the people foot the bill. Adequate reports of all these
speeches that is. the ones actually delivered were printed in
the newspapers at the time. There whs no need whatever of their
republication. One forenoon the senate took up a couple of hours
solemnly debating the weighty question of what time it should as
semble for business tho next day. And all the remarks were
scrupulously reported for the Uccovd.
"What do you read, my lord?" And Hamlet replied: "Words,
words, words."
Too Much Self Study
YOU'I.L BE OLD YOUtSKI.F
Houston Chronicle: Not enough
respect is paid to old age.
We are not kind enough, not tol
erant enough with the weak and infirm.
We are annoyed at the slow moving
person who checks our speed when
we get on or off a car or train.
We are exasperated when an eld
erly person holds us up at the tick
et office window hecuuse fuiling eye
sight makes counting change a slow
process.
We are displeased when a middle
aged or old person sitting in a seat
with us moves about frequently be
cause one position soon tires him.
J he discourteous treatment given
elderly Pcoptn by the majority of
persons is surprising and distressing.
ivve are all gomir toward that age
when younger generations will have
as much cause to be annoyed by our
action as wc have to be annoyed by
the actions of older people today.
rernaps they have but lew more
years to live nnd why should !not
those who are of younger years make
thp lime as happy and comfortable as
possible?
PASSINC O.N TIIF. TORCH
II. II. Lawrence in the Dial: You
cannot come upon the ruins of the
old great mAniasteries of Kngland.
besides their waters, in somo lovely
valley, now remote, without feeling
that here is one of the choice spots
of the earth, where the spirit dwelt.
ro me it is so important to remem
ber that when Rome collapsed, when
the great Roman einpno fell into
smoking ruins, and bears roamed in
the streets of Lyons, and woives
howled in tho deserted streets of
Rome, and Europe really was a dark
ruin, then, it was not castles or man
ors or cottages that life remained
vivid. Then those whose souls were
still alive drew together and grad-.
ually built monasteries, and these
monasteries nnd convents, little com
munities of quiet labor and courage,
isolated, helpless, and yet never over
come in a world Hooded with devas
tation, these alone kept the human
spirit from disintegration, from go
ing quite dark, in the dark ages.
These men made the church, which
ugain made Kurope, inspiring the
martial faith of the Middlp Ages.
High School News
HapjH'iiiii.s In and Around the
Stiioul VnUT8
, M:ir.
prcs-
hy Ijinrnc Mctalf.)
Tho Junior rartv, on Friday
:mth was imjuycd by cvorynnc
cut.
Thi track rni'H. bctwnm Ihn four
cl.-tHHC-s ol" Ihc Hif;h SHiool, whioli
van to bo luld Saturday, April 7l!i,
at the Iai'" U rounds, has boc-n post -pDlKd
indefinitely, on account of the
bad weaUier.
The KimliHh rlasspH nro writ In j?
three thoiu-and wold e;;:-ays on the
old and new war of the 1'nited
Stales, and tlio treaty of J'aris of
I7s:t.
Hix weeks are now . In order
Mi. most Hlud.-utH nro busy pre
paring for them, especially In the
lower classes. S' ninr 1 - weekH ex
ams served tor six weens
All stunts for th" April Autiks lire
protfrcsMiiiH: and will bo ready for the
nitcht of the program, Friday tho 1.1
of April.
Tho physics class is malting draw
ings of it hunalui'e strain engine for
an experiment. They are finding it
very interesting, but. also, very hard
to get the inline proportional and
all parts properly connected.
Mr. I.indgren, who has been In Ih
hospital for soino time, Is back in
uehool again. '
Monday a short assembly was cull-,
cd. Mr. Towler read sections from
the constitution of the Oregon Ktato
High School Athletic Association.
The student body president, asked for
the support, of the students in noll-
lug tickets for the t'uiv
gon Men's (ilee t'ltib,
Friday night, April
Tho (iti e I Till
TsKy of Oro-
whlch was hciv
'ilh.
from tho t'nlversitv
THE I'KNN Y 15 A KXKO
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
proverb says a Penny saved is a
penny earned, hut nowadays the pen-
suved isn t saved.
Fourteen cents of every dollar you
earn, Hie nutioonal industrial con
ference board learns, will he paid out
this year as taxes, national, state
and local. 'Before -the. World war you
paid in tuxes about half that much.
I hn World war caused an expan-
sion of tax.ftion in every country af
fected by it. "(Jovernmeut exirnva-
Kaucc! shout sotiic reuiiers ot me i
national industrial conference board :
report. "Abolish unnecessary bureaus,
useless offices."
Among the necessary burenus are
the war and navy bureaus. I!v far
the greater part of taxation is tax
ation to prepare tor war and tax
ation growing out of war- If there
were neither history of war nor fear
of war rederal taxation would he
far less than it must be in present
circumstances.
The little group of isolations in
the United States senate did, for po
litical reasons, in liHi) and after
ward a great deal to keep taxes up.
With Kurope in turmoil and Amer
ict aloof the more expensive govern
ment bureaus cannot be pruned safely
and pruned radically. The Penny earn
ed must go, partly, to underwrite
safety while international unsafely
characterizes the times.
The latest victim of ninrlml introspection is that llarnard col
lofto g-irt who was led by what she saw n her sell-analysis to wel
come death. Generally speaking, to know self is helpful in the
game or battle of life. P.ul the subject is one that should be warilv
sdlHicrl. Ton rinse cv.-nnin-d inn cnnn.fhmw niciill in idwinr r,i. An avowed "wet," .lack OTohmc11
, . , writes in Collier's Weekly: "The
omphasts 011 weaknesses. no microscopic investigation some- "great midwest is joining hands with
times shows little thinjrs in larjvc proportions and morbid investi-l11'0 far WPst am sou,h in t,H ,in1ve-
. . iii i , m . , pnent to make America bone dry.
yatoi-s are prone to fornet the onlarremont. loo searching analysis The isth amendment is an accepted
sometimes makes the ogo seem more dominant than it is. If ex
amination is approached with too morbid sentiment, tho result
may bo tragic. To this any morgue could testily if its walls had
ea and tongue.
An egotist is a man who can
with what he sees.
ok into a mirror
What has become of the "
war with Japan was inevitable.
Sonic men can put a lot of enthusiasm into a thin
isos them more than a sipiaie dtr.1.
fact almost anvwhete west of the
Alleghany mountains, Iowa. Nebras
ka, Tennessee and other states that
I visited in the last few months are
dry the sentiment is dry, and there
is a growing respect for the Vol
stead act- None of these states is
, . 'bone drv as vet, but they are on
ml be satisfied Itheir wav.
!"1 was lonlh to admit it even to
myself, but there is n abundance of
evidence that a great 'dry wave' is
I rolling eastward, slowly but ; urely
tatesmen" who were certain that 'grinding down opposition to prohi
bition. And. riding the crest ot tuts
' u t i I. ' ''nod attend
f.eilM l l in MiiUMii oim hviiii '.'limn ; ,
and the Tom llrowns-and, always.! 1
of Oregon entertained tho people of
J.a Oroide :it the I,. II. S. Auditorium
Friday.
Tho first assembly fop tho boys.
nlone, was held Monday afternoon,
for the purpose of discussing the
track meets. Much interest, was tak
en In the competition of the classes
in a meet to be held Saturday. Tin i
will be the first of a. series of dual
meets to bo held each Saturday after
tin clast: track meet.
Much aina.ement wiih shown by
the Juniors and Seniors when they
beard that the County Meet was to be
held at I nion on the same day as
th0 Junior-Senior Uantiet.
All th classes had meetings Tues
day morning In order to givo out
tickets for the students to sell for
the U, of O. Glee Club.
At an assembly Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. litnld from l ie C. of o. gave a
talk about the Glee Club.
I,. U. S. purriiased a new discus M
rephico Ihe Oi'c that disappeared
mysei lou.-ly. It also purchased a
nw javelins to replace ine one
t i.)yen liec, the rabbit tracker,
broke.
I'he jPchlor Class met Wcdnc-dav
after sobou"! for yin..piH'poe ot ojhbvr-
1 licit- nnnun"cr'mrntir fnfi 4;r;-cltrti-
tinn.
Work on the fair grounds started
i'hui-Milav morning when a number of
track men went out to rill a tew
holes In the track and put it in shapo
for the 'las-i Meet.
Tiu captains for the four cla
trims have been elected as follow: j
l-'resllineli. Ceniy.e I'iass. Sepho- ,
mores, Fn -Vna i-d Ihiruuielt. Juniors, i
Kay l.yiuh. Seniors, Floyd Smith. ;j
Tho Minitr this year is to be the ,
best yet. U will have a few new I
features. The pioneers of (h'
tlrando Kon.le Valley will ho men- i
tinned In poems, stories and hiog-'j
raphles. We a'e glad to hear this ,
bt cause our schools were founded by , i
the work of these early settlers, an I '
it shows that tin students of the high .i
school have not forgotten these brave'!
people, and they should purchase .'
.-onto of the Mimir.-. Hesides this
novoltv the natural' resources, sceni ,
biauly and history of the valley will
l,- portrayed in tho annual along1
with the usil:il high school note?-.
The girls of the Oumcslie Science
. lasses isihil the Macpheisoti llak
ory last week. They saw the differ- .
tit processes by which inanv good
things to eat were made. The domon- i
? tun (on of makin;r French pastry
was especially good and (hey woro all
inteii-sicd in watching the speedy ami
efficient manner in which thco were i
decorated. '
National Gingham
Weekn-H
April 9th to 1 4th
WILL BE OBSERVED HERE in the N. K. West Co. next
week by the showing of an exceptionally large assortment
of pretty patterns in excellent fabrics for your summer
frocks.
21c to 40c
For That Sport Costume
FOR THAT SMART SPORT COSTUME you'll find ging
hams in novelty patterns, striking broken plaids and
checks that most women prefer to wear. Ginghams, firm
ly woven, high quality, fast color, assurance of long ser
vice and satisfaction 32-inch width.
35c to 45c
For Morning Frocks and
Children's Wear -
These ginghams are practical particularly suitable for
serviceable house dresses and children's school frocks.
You'll be pleased with the colors and patterns. High grade
fabrics, fast colors a very good reason for buying this
high grade gingham.
30c
PICTORIAL
PATTERNS
PICTORIAL
FASHIONS
I'eobler and attended the party given
Saturday night.
Miss Uki Mean accompanied Mar
ian Miller home Friday and remained
until Sunday.
Cuy Miller drove over from ttalior
for Master dinner Sunday.
Mrs. ('race Touch rctunu d from a
trip to Forvallis Thursday morning.
Mrs. H. W. Feebler was hostess to
the (let-Together Club, March .
Twenty-five ladies were preseni to en-
Uoy her hospitality.
Among the visitor
,vere Mrs. Uy-
irmfl. MrS. S'PIIUT HUH loia-niivei
Visitors nro'nlways welcom to .-rvd
social afternoon with ts. V'Vl
business meeting was in oniu .n.i-i
nieh the nresident presented Mrs. f
u'liiinm Itanton with a beautiful Kus-
lily. The hostess served
lunch, at the close of the afternoon.
Faster flowers' were sent to Miss Hel
en Feebler with the Clubs wishes for
a happy Faster. The next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. K. Sham bo.
The men of this community put on
a line party Saturday night In JVeb
lers hall. 'They employed an orches
tra consisting of four gentlemen, who
furnished the best of music for the
evening, which was enjoyed by all
present. About eleven o'clock they
brought out their new tables, placed
them, and arranged a tine oyster sup
per tor the laities ami gentlemen, i ncj,
rtainly did
entertain the Indies in
lleale, Tilton and l.ofland were chief
cooks and did their part Jo see that
everything went off nicely. They wore
white aprons and appeared at homo
in them. It Is seldom that the la. lies
have an opportunity to sit hy and have
a good dinner served them and to
say they enjoyed It would be putting
it lightly. Over I HO guests were seat
ed nt the tables. This closes the so
cial season for this community for
the season, so far ns the Chili purlieu
are concerned, for It is now lime for
the farmer to be-yin their spring work.
gritiid stvi csrs. William Hanton, libinks he ifs hard-boiled'.
When a man frets hilr soaked he
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HOSTS TO LADIES
Hint iiioiii-
A man will lake a ilumco mi hi:, sins I'milin liim out, but ho
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floniumy believes in (he freedom of the money printing press.
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1 l';t?t .T fr.Txil'.f in tlU'
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the Inileinnlly. i . vL -i ml uu"t of Ml-" Mnr.iorl.i--
tlteir wives ntul ststers ami mothets
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I41 tirande Ihi-gon i
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the bills paid and your
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START A BANK
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together with a firni-und
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