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..is- Saturday, April 21,1923 TTTE L'A GRANDE, EVENING OBSERVER PACE FOUP 4 La Grande Evening Observer AS )Mi;i'KMKT MIUNIMI'l-JH. IiIiIImIhiI fin Hy niul wrtdily n nruii.l.-. hit L)itH4-rfr I'uhl Itltl't'K DK.NNIS, Kilitur. i ii'i'tfun. by l i iriiniiH Kv Knlfred til Hie I'oxtofi'Jee t I,ji flrnndo, ori-Kuii, n,t Hi-t uiui i'lbhs .Mull Alitller. Addrcx mM cuiiiniiinloillniiri to TUM mtMKItVKI:. lilt; Adtinm Ave, . l.; Wrautic, Urt'KOfi. lly furrier. pnlly. per innnlti 7 -In .ti(,', p.-r ihrt-M month .3.2ri iJnlly prr nix mo., in advance !.-' nlly. Klnjflu ropy l l AMI (II Vl t Ut'l'M I Al, iAii:it. . . J.'.Jki lly llnll. ;iil per year, in advance UiiiK, mx irioiilliH Iti advance pJlllV. llll'I'H IIUMllIlK, In IHlVitlH pally. P-r month 2, prttly. p-r llitililll ..Oc mi Hitf iii oilier vUlt ti- utftzun Hotel K'..i Km i.d rurllitlid: lirircribl . WW HiMii.t, for timid; Aluli iiina Nuvvh I'oriiuiiu. iii;iini.n ok Aimoi'i.vrKii ki:h. TIi Au,'lald l'reM I fisl-lujlvef r.miil.il in uui inr uubll.m ian uf al lll-WK UiHpUtl'llf M 1-l-lHltll'll lO it ur fiul i.lherwlMu crcdlliMl iu thbi lfin-r, and i.Imi. Hi.- Itn'iil new do t Ihi4-l therein. All ritthln '!' ri-jubllt'itliun of upeelitl ilpuli-heH herein inno am n.-Mervmi, (IOI) 1H I.HVH; IH-loyVd, let lit love ulin another; for lovp la of (Soil : anil every mil! Hull lovr-th Ih horn r (lull, mill knowoth CV-'jii. I John 4:1. Finishing the Job We are impressed with the mini who is willing, lifter the band ceases to play, to finish the job, whatever it may be. Lii Grande has such a citizen in the person of W. II. IJotitienVnmp, Sr.'. Not long ago we planted three hundred trees on Victory Way. It was a gala day and the town turned out. The holes wwe dug, the trees were planted and everything apparently was finished. But, like every other job, there were a few things to do to make the under taking complete. -In" this case there had to b stakes secured three for each tree, and they had to be set in' the ground on an angle, and the top of those stakes the tree had to be anchored, so that winds would not loosen he ground around the roots. Mr. Bohnenkamp, with his usual thoroughness, planned the slakes and the way they should be driven. Then he took old auto mobile tires and cut them up into about four inch pieces. One of. these rubber pads goes around each young tree to anchor it prop erly. Each year tha binder that holds tie piece of tire around the tree will be loosened to make loom for growth, It is a big job to thus care for the three, hundred trees, but it is the proper care. It takes the liohnonkamp thoroughness to do tho job and do it properly. Relurn of Chamberlain Former Senator George Chamberlain has resigned his job with the United States Shipping Board. There is nothing strange about this for it was a job unsuited to Chamberlain, and probably was accepted by him only for the salary of a thousand a month which it produced. But, it is now stated that Chamberlain will re-enter Oregon politics. Perhaps he will and perhaps not. The strongest political support for the individual shatters and wanes the moment he is out of the limelight; the great John J. Ingnlls throuht he could come back after being out of the senate, but he failed; everyone knows the story of Charles Fulton, who was probably the greatest senator Oregon ever had. . Chamberlain is lucky politically, but he will find when he opens headquarters for another fight that a lot of his former supporters hnve died, boys have grown to manhood, who. know little about ChamberlairiJarid strangers have come to' the stale who never bean) of the senator as an Oregon man. His entrance into Oregon politics may be like, the old English man who lived forty years in America ever cherishing the hope of returning to Engla.nd and eating an English plum pudding. His desire was finally gratified and he found that, the plum pudding was not what he had expected at all. Life in a Small Town I'l.WliUUI MK rm ;vi:HVIM)V I.om AiiKelcM Timet: There need he no dull .itii'lm or .1111 In America tliroiiuli liu-k of oituoriiiriltU'ii for recreation or Hcarclly of iilaxfrouiiilH, At fin other nifo. Ill no nlher country hut. nubile, provision for brightening the IclHure hour of I ho f:coilf. hPro mo varlil of no pomiilPlft. ArronllnK lo tho rltiyKronnil uiut Itfcrfatlnn awiorlulioa tf America i.riwcrn 9.iiimi.uiiu uml IO,vuu.(iiii win Hpi'iu liwil year for puhllo rcors iillon liy ihn iIIKm anil lownii roporl- llIK Midi Ul'IIV'ltlFH. HUlllWI UllH, iimnerouri iji-IvuIa Imllviiltialit mail Ki'iHirtflH of luml or pontrihiilpit muni! of money for Ihln hiuih purpOHc. A Kilal of 87 rllicH now have pulillc rccmuion Kiipporicl ny municipal liinilx, A few yearn ano a cily wuh ronton! If It pokkchhciI it fornuil park or ho anil ono or iwo Hummer playKroumlt. for tl'0 chllitren. Now to he pro irreKHlve anil altreant of tho timc-H ll her that old uml younK. rich anil poor atlko liavn plenty of chanceM lop wlioli'tujiiui ri-ci-oation In thtt opon. Thin puhllc trroumlii arc provided to play hutiehult nnd tenuU untl fro r. wllh iiuoltH mid croiiuct for the iikoiI Hwliumlnir poolH and duncihff kpucch mid kooiI orcheNtral inuHic on tho profrrum mid other niiinlctpal Hummer eamim aro Ik-Iuk added for the Kiiminer vaeatlouK of the nol-HO- ll-lo-do. As Ioiik uh tho houra for work aro not Biicrlftce.1 for too many play liourH and the money earned keep ahead of tho money apent the more cxtellalve thu peoplc'M pluyKrotllldM lhc heltcr for the contentment and health of tho nation. THK SLACK Bit Albany News:' In the much discuss ed army "questionnaire" for use in the summer tranuiiir cumps is one that shoulit make the uveraxe citi zen sit up and take notice. "Can a man bo u slacker in time of peace?" Ihe answer to that isi "Yes, ami just us much. War time brines stress, crisis: cry- stalizes sentiment, spurs to action. ruace time Ih more or less hunt' 'irum. The individual mav hear the national call but faintly because ol tho day's busy rour. But it is there all the time. Just as insistent us in the time of war. 'A'hat the ant does today and the slugenrd tomorrow will be measured out in terms of failure or success for the nation thut finds itself fac ing war. because American methods were definite, aKK'essive, whole-hearted and thorough well, sufficiently thor ough, anyway, America was the greatest factor to be reckoned with in the World war. Anybody slackening now? HEAVEN AND EAUTH ' Taconiu Mews Tribunei A minister or national repute wants people to "pay less attention to the future life and mora to life on this earth." He insists that "the important thin; is to improve life here." Not n doubt of it in the world, on any reasonable plane of thinking. Nearly all of the creeds cun agree on this, und the practical opinion of lresent-!uy humanity seems to take OFFICE CAT BY JUNIUS KEUItrCCT "How is the milk maid?" lie said with a bow. "It isn't made, sir, It comes from a cow '' Amos Tush says the game of love is never culled one account of darkness. The unhappy young woman who attempted to commit suicide last week because of her anguish at being forced to leave Now York City to go to live with her husband in a small Ohio town suf fered in an exaggerated degree from an ailment that is not uncom mon. She preferred death to life in a village. There are many men as well as women who, while not prepared to take so drastic a remedy, consider it a great misfortune to have to live in a small community. Cities, especially, of course, New York, appeal to them as containing everything that tends to make existence pleas ant. It might bo pertinent to quote Milton's words to those who are discontented because they tlo not live in the city: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. Tho small town hits numerous advantages which the larger community lacks. There is more sociability in the village. Life is Jess complex there ale fewer problems to be solved. Living ex ponscs are lower. It is to be feared, however, that the discontented are not always philosophical enough to appreciate Milton's wisdom , and that their eyes have been so dazzled b ythe glamor of the great "Urban center that they are blind to the beauties and attraction of a rural community. Ono reason for this great longing to live in New York is that fiction writers have used it so extensively as the scene of their stories. Interesting and delightful things, not experienced else where, befall one in tho metropolis, according to the novelists. The city attracts some because it is a new center and they want to be. in the thick of things. Imagination has a great deal lo do with making city life appeal' so delightful to dwellers in smajl towns. With the truth concerning conditions more widely diffused there will lie less discontent of the kind that prompted the girl to seek death. ' 1 - Many a man would have a belter appreciation of his homo were a real estate 'salesman to write an advertisement offering it for sale. With what contempt an American plasterer must regard the Brilish farm laborer who is striking to obtain a wage of ?7.35 a week. Oennnny seems to lie drawing to the conclusion that there may be calamities worse than having to pay debts. The lval burdens of society are bersons who th ought that good ' luck could take the place of hard work, It is feared that too many bncheloi's get all the credit for not marrying. Next year is leap year, girls. Botler plan to do your popping it for granted. Whether op not life in heaven is pretty much like life on earth, as the minister referred to so-gcst, il uncertain. Hut certain it w that if there Is any such place or state at heaven, life here is a preparation for it, and anyone who wants to be hap py and good over there had better start pructicing for it. The way to uractico. bv the gen eral agreement of civilized mankind, to improve life here" for self und others, but especially for othera. AMERICAN UNITY Memphis News-ScimlUir: In one edition of the paper a few days ago we read where one Klun and three Catholic candidates were elected in a municipul election in East St. Louis, where the Klan was an issue in an election in Petersburg. Vu.. where George Washington university was divided into hostile groups of Man anil anti-Man. In higher momenta Americans love to talk of their unity und of tho common action and nsnirations that nr.ve been the basis ot the, nation s achievements. Is it possible that the lesion in American unity is being; lost? Is not unity ns important in! pence us in war? Surely it is not , necessary thut there must be a na tional crisis before the men and wo-1 men of this country can become as one in the feelings that have made America what it is Boss (to applicant for a iobl "Are you a Mason?" Applicant "no, 1 m a plumber. In La Grande the cigarette is re garded as the cheroot, of all evil The reason a man has to o-ivn in when he argues with his wife is be cause she never gives out. GOOI ADVICE "Pay us you go: if vou can't navi don't go." . i iry this plan a year and see if ll does not produce greater comfort of mind than the opposite one of run ning in debt. Ihmk of this when the agent wauls to sell you Homething you don't need- A long hair on a ninn's coat is much more difficult to explain than! three dinner engagements, thinks Cy Kology. KINDA HINTING There once was a maiden of Siain Who suid to her lover, young Kinm, 11 you kiss me, of course, You will have to use force. But I'll wager you're stronger than 1 am." ' ' f The next couple a'ong for a di vorce will be Hum and Eggs. The amount of "pin money" re quired by a wife, depends largely on.wnetner ncr tastes run to dia mond pins or rolling pins. Guess the Shiek better have a mar riage ceremony in every state. TIMES HAVE CHANGED And speaking of music, who re members the o. f .boy who used to Pump the organ at church every Sunday morning (by request)? He has a son now who pumps him for tho price of a few gallons of ffiso li ne so he can take his sweetie riding every Sunday (by request). The bunks will be here long after your socks have rotted: take your money to the bunk nnd be somebody. In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to new smeiis in hair pomades, says the- society editor. It is announced that there is now one telephone for every twelve per sons in this county. That's tho way it always looks when you go to a pay station. 1' ' v: ' mOT&atseo New Spring Arrivals IN OUR SUIT DEPARTMENT MEANS ATTRACTIVE SAVINGS TO YOU. Dainty Garments To meet your dressy and afternoon occasions, Stunning effects direct from the fashion centers showing those loose drapy lines. Even some of "King Tut's" ideas are embodied in these models. Don't overlook the opportunity to look them over. $18.50 to $45.00 SPUING FEVER I.azine.sH, weariness, Cht'criness, dreariness, Happiness, I'll confess I'm feeling tired! A stretch and n yawn A feeling you're jjnno Spring fever, son! Wake upl You're fired! IA S GIVEN II i Cool Spring Demand Warm wraps and neatly tailored suits to meet these April days and cool nights. , Sport Coats, those new Capes, Dres sy Coats, fancy and tailored Suits from this department mean the proper cloth in the correct style for your exacting . friends to admire. $22.50 to $55.00 - PUCK S (lly Associated rcs) WAtlll.NOToX. April 21. As a Ve have no hostility and no nrcju-lU'P toward prevontlwr tho rocur- liice against any organization, secret voiwv r InOinn umbrcaUs tn t 'tah, or public, but any purpose to engen-jHtvn tuty WmU today allotted public ucr siruc or prejudice, unyuung cai-)' t" juuu eumn. m, i pulnlftil tt nt'iitv mn ii iiirainst Ititi ' hands of I'liltt-s. I ll's and XavnjiM neighbor or one class of citizims'wlih h hnve been ro-imtng tn a public o Against another is to be deplored.j'l0"1'" " Wnndiny;. g Man is too prune as it Is to be skop- Tin- hand, headed by Old Posey, as o tical of another's good intentions to "-li a that led by Polk, which did o ho susniciouH of another's motives. 1 ""t pat tl. ipat,. in the uprising, will n nnd ordinarily we should say that he '' Ktv,,i purreln r lnd In Allen needs more to be encounigeil to find iri," ! ilotiff Montezuma creek. excuse for his neighbors frailties, to IieaSUiy eiUHCUiea in to thQ ncollU, Treasury Savings Al'e GOOd Investments .rertmeatea Isuued in denomination within tho roach or till. I he Treutt- Prom i ho time of Itcnjimtn Frank lin to the present day the men of Ki'at wisdom, well versed in the his tory of th0 world, ihorotiKn Hiuuemti or HOvcrntuculH, finance and com merce, have been advocates oi sa iuir nH a means to success. The ar- Kiiments have all been made; the proofs arc abundant; U would seem that nothing more can ho said. How ever, it la well to keep before the people, all tho timo tho sago advice about thn necessity and the success vinu. it is well to keep neioro tho. youth, and tho matured us well. the fact i hut to snvo a part or wnai ono earns Is a vital element in a suc cessful life. Havings are not only an Insurance against tn turns of for tune, but are also a means of seiz ing golden opportunities which are often lost through Jhe lack of a small amount of capital. The Putted States Government is engaged in an effort to stimulate ani encourage wiving throughout the length and breadth of the land. For ury Savings . Portificates have been sold on their merits as nit investment. They ui'o hacked by the strongest government in the world. They af ford a splendid contrast to hundreds of wild-cat schemes which are put forth to trap the unwary and lake their hard-earned money. The peo ple aro ml vised to avoid all invest ments which will not hear Investiga tion. The treasury department in urg ing thu people to buy Treasury Sav ings Certificates Ih stimulating the Savings Movement, ll is un effort to make the Pniled States u saving na tion; to have thp people avoid wasto and extravagance; to lake their mon ey out of hiding and put it Into In vcHtmcnts which ure safe and vhlch will earn good Interest for them. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo O f o o Shinn 1 CAK llltlVl'IlS AHSOI.VF.O PK.NHI.KTOX, Apr. 21. A coron er's Jury today lU'CluriMl thu aulomo bile crush. In wliich Vera Hlttner, ng oil 111, of this pity, was falully Injured .Monday, unavoidable and absolved :. I), l.undell. of Spokane, who drove Ilie eoupp which Htruck the girl, and Main I.nRliali. school hus driver, from blame. Meiuliers of the jury and Coi -oner llrown, . however, declared the piUI'lice of lellinB children aliBhl from Kchool busses an lhc highway, and not seeing them safely off lie road, wuh a. dangerous one. l.undell, haggard from a sleepless night and worried over tho killing of the girl, was released this afternoon from the county jail, lie was the on ly actual eye-witness of the accident, as Ihe bus driver had already started his car when the two passed, ('uneral services for tho Utile daughter of Mr. und Mrs. Sam O ilittner will 1e held loinorrow'after. noon. A new shade lias been discovered and has been named the Ceyptiun blush. Well, if the stuff will work on a mummy, it may bo strong enough to produce a miracle in the ca?e of some of our flappers. overlook his faults, to scutvh fur the , XTXC'IK SAM (JETTING troou in nun man to dc lauitni to oe , , it A T Ti ITI on tho lookout for his failings audi 111 li l'j 11 A Iv ll VI . errors. A rood text to use every I day reads snmi'thinir like this: "Judge Mor.w VHIINUN". Wash., April not that ye be not judged, for with j SI. I iu le S un Is getting hard no! what judgement yo judge, ye shall i Uecaim,, there wcro.no funds avnll be judged: and with what niwaure able with which lo send a i;uanl ye mete.it shall be measured to you , from l ump Lewis to Mount Vernon gain. And why behuldext thou the lo nnx Privates John H. Klllot ami mote that is in they brother's eyc.Jh lunleiaon. arrested as desert. but eonsklereat not the hewn that isi1'" camp, back to headquarters S lliilefc Automobiles o o Itulck Servli-o Itulck nri and .Vvcssorlos. l'lione Main "K" Cor. Adams and Fir oooooooooooooooooooooooooo iii thine own eye?" CAMAS BK1UGK DISCl'KSKI) OI.V.MI'IA, Wash.. Apr. St. Oonn- ty Commissioners Anjreniach, Marvh- bank und Put and County hngmeor Swmti consulted with Jumrs Allen. slate supervisor of highways today. relative lo tlie bridge to lw win struct .,( tlii ,imimnm.r tliA f jmu riv,- ,.t I u,ad An Ilia n.irl h laitl, hu.h. I iti.. .-.ii,-. urn'. Th nlunti navii not been com-' ' ' " '".i ulo'lwl but a contvnrUi bridge is rucj,1' commissioner- of Pacific county tcmplaU-d. about 7& to bO feet io "1"1' """''1 n ror " a length and fwli-iat-a to cost Hi-UKX)'""""" 01 mriereni road ami bridge to .'0,IHI0. It will b coiiftrucled )("' Mosiln1po11anl1s tl.c c.il by CUrka CBUnty out of the moneys. ",r """": ami grading of the Itav. derived irom n snare i me ton. ;- ; , V , .-ln! fn- th rhimtii rivrr iniP. I"1 wliarf of Tokelnnd. stulfl bridjre, under authorUmiou of the two men were recently released 1 1 front the Skajrit county Jail. ! ihe fact that thorp was not sui- t; Orient money to send ti guard wiui ; revealed iu u lelcRram from the rnnip t to rider or Police t'hnrlos Hlevenson. J who had wired the camp upon the urivM !r ihP men. Hoth worn mem-,1 ticis of th,. third tank romimny. J for the repair of the bridge1 across end' stulfl twtdjre, under aumonzmiou oft ' .::." 1 "J , L " " th lt letflsUlure, which Permilt! )N H'npii uml for clcrinir . i. ka .....la, n ov..o r ttfadliiR ,ho l.tUy-VVhcaton nroad. bimtli. demnnda to th county WdLJi1" l"?'?y T'lu v ?V u.,. a' ln tt! enllretv nnd will receive 'hen You Buy Meadow Harvest ' Butter You Get the Best Scientifically Made from Pure Cream Union Creamery Company Thone Main 122 La Grande, Oregon. "The.EdJIe; stamped entiv bollards thk' most miratorY of bird?" As tho caj;le Is a Nymhol o; pupreinaey bo can you con quer in the conque.tt against poverty and want if you Kuard your dollars. The dollars in your pocket are soon Rone they slip n way hi f o re w f rt -a 1 i ze and their low deadens our ainhi- lion and Weakens our cour aso. Only hy wntchfnl care and the zealous practice of thil:t will they he ours to Insui a the comforts nnd nucctssUiej of life. Let the La Grande Nation al Hunk help you in keepnj -j your dollars safe for the ture. We will guard them an though thp j wore our owp nnd pay you Interest while they are In our hank. rk n Tlnii! Ih-poltn VJOU11D -RELIABLE ' PROGRESSIVE- - early. few