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PAGE FOUH THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Friday, Octobers, 1923. La Grande Evening Observer AM UrDEI'ElTDEKT HBWIPAPEIU T afalL Pally, per year, la advene .IS.t1j PubltahaA Amllr and waeklr at La ally, all moniha In advance .lt.tn, Z2Er&?i "4. ZttW Even- gjjj. $js ' -".s1 FbBRUCEf DENNl'if Editor""' DSliy! Ear in'oniX ZZZ: i, BRUCB DENNIS. Editor. Qn (lle n other cle.orcl(,n Hotel Newa Bland, Portland; Imperial New a ntered at tbe Poatrfflce at La Or.nde. Stand, ''"rtland; Multnomah Newa i Oregon, aa Second Claaa Mall Matter. Bland, Portland. , Address all coainuntcatlona to THK BBSBKVEll. Kit Adaau Ave. La MEMBER OP AOUIATBtl Pltfcas. Orende. Oreron. The Associated Press la axclualvehr m- -. . entitled to uae for publication nf all tTariBivntnM HATBH jewa dlepalchoe credited to It or no! OBIORIPTIOH baths. ofherwla- credited In thla paper, and tleo tli local newa published therein. Mr carrier. Ml rlirhta or ra-pulilcelon -f special Oally, per inontb .75' ilspAtthes heroin aleo are reserved. Dally, per three inontha .2.26 Pall)', per li mo.. In advance ti.v . Dally, (Inula copy 6c i CHOOKK VE: Ahhor that which -DUTY AMD tJOHNTV OKVIOIAL I" vtl: cleave to that which In Rood. ' ' PAIMtlt. Ho ris IL'M'. ; A Patriotic Service A booklet issued by the department of commerce in further ance of the "own your ow n home" movement notes that 4G1 fam ilies out of each 1,000 owned their own homes in 1900, while in 1920 the number had declined to 456 u thousand. The difference is not great, but it is in the wrong direction. It is possible a better showing would have been made had not the war operated to stop building for a time and then as a re sultant effect increased prices to the point of discouragement for many who have the desire but may not feel equal to undertaking building or purchase under present conditions. The department of commerce publication is designed aa a guide for the prospec tive small-home owner and in a foreword Secretary Hoover says that "maintaining a high percentage of individual home owners is one of the searching tests that now challenge the people of the United States." - ,, (ma.' himself is opposed to polygamy and thus far has been able to dc-j THE OLD HOME TOWN feat the movements, but the advocates of a return to former cus toms do not give up hope. In favor of the re-establishment of the harem it is pointed out that there are a half-million more women than men in Turkey. It is contended that Turkey is unable to absorb this excess unless some men are permitted to take several wives. Thus the move ment appears to be predicated on the interests of the women, though men are pushing it; the latter are so unselfish. The Koran is appealed to for indorsement of the plan and, since the Koran carries weight in Turkey, the polygamists have the better of the argument, but not of the votes in the national assembly. It was the excuse for polygamy among the Mormons that few practiced it because of the expense. It was the resort of the wealthy who were able to indulge in luxuries. The Turks, too, would confinejt to the wealthy, though we see wherein a practical application of the principle might lead from poverty to compara tive wealth. Were wives not earners they will constitute a liabil ity. Yet there is such a thing as turning a wife into an asset, as some men have learned. Suppose a wife supports her husband by taking in washing. Some do. Would not two wives then be able to support him in better style than one. There may be method in the Turkish movement. Perhaps some Turks are not living so comfortably as in the old days and see a way to regain lost luxuries. Perhaps it is considered that any tryin who hits several wives possess potential wealth, thus comply ing with the injunction of the Koran. At any rate some Turks are not happy at present. If one wife is a blessing two or more may multiply the boon. By Stanley ..... S&.r.;or- ii At A . . ... . a. r . s - -.i-i WtAl 1 1 I -1 1 'It. I I BSV-.V ' t t -T?.'.l rOLKS HAD THEIS? ANNUAL LAUSH Wl "I , IW.Otr. W.H CAME OFF RKSHT in THE A'ODt-e iK.--.IOX. BLOTZ FREE SHAhWOO PEMa:T.lJQ. mm. p, fli BUREAU BARES PLANS TO COOLIE Football Football is with us again. Sporting pages already have car ried the first tentative lineups, the first signal practice) even the The desirability of home ownership needs no argument. It is, first minor injuries from the big varsity camps. Football is not axiomatic, but there is such a thing as impossibility. Many could! far away, and coaches and captains wisely take the earliest possi- hve their own homes who do not, other with the will dare not ble look at their new material risk the excessive cost. Scarcity of building trades labor, taking the country as a whole, is one great obstacle in the way. Thp wage scales are two or three times what they were in pre-war days but that does by no means measure the cost. Large bonuses are paid Editorials From Over the Nation elated with dtmiocnttlc lilcula. There is sc!i n In It the seed of ambition or selfishness, which. If left to Brow, will overrun ami disrupt the very foundation of the structure of democracy. 111! THE FA KM Kit TAKES A SECOND LOOK Christian Helenco Monitor: Quito convinclnuly it is indicated that the American farmer, speaking collec tively. Is turning away from those who so long and so insistenlly have annealed t liim in kloIi nmnnein:i- tion from what he has been told Is t!" :"lf stream had not been shift economic: slaverv. thrniiirh nroeesses 'd: Mexico had on revolution, and of IcRlBlatlbn which, it has been , I'Utliinn suits were not In season. way of forgetting their recent past. It is now time to deplore the by contractors in order to entice labor, thus piling up the expenses hazards of the game, to grieve at its expensivencss, to point re liugely. Materials are on a level with labor costs so that the money, buklngly at its abuses of amateur standards, and otherwise to which would have built a good house before the war will not insure, make ready to get out and whoop it up on the sidelines or in the stands some clear, crisp Saturday afternoon in the near future. a shack today. As was once said of another situation, "it is a condition and not a theory" with which the would-be home owner has tft deal. J nose Hill) are not lllivun to cunsiuur i-Ajjense limy now "i'niy i . .. . j,,j,, . , . , , . ., , , .. , ., , opportune time to importune, their desires and are doing it but the mass of those who would . ' be most benefited by home ownership are not possessed of pleth oric purses. They need to count their dollars and get full return. If the department of commerce can point the way to a small home at ii cost which is within reach of those whose ambition is in that direction it will have performed a patriotic service, and not less a miracle. At that it's only a trifle over one month ahd a half to Thanks- Q-ivinor Dav. which will find all of our colleires and schools restintr on gridiron laurels or looking forward to the next fall as the best j f Z" product SAr'i." which ho must sell. He has taken a , professor should suddenly lot loose second und a somewhat more con- 1,11 H'u Burma in his laboratory? slderato view of the situation. an-:Would countless thousands perish'; purently, with tho result that he Is i The war cave the enfranchised Bonus : bcRinnlni; to doubt the efficiency of another twiat. The crazy professor bloc systems in stale and national I became a spy extremely sane but legislatures, and to believe that re-. literally sow ing dls 'aso broadcast out j course to calmer, if not actually.of mysterious little saner, processes will bring perman- nont and logical relief. The person who depends on others is usually looking for anj Onp h Cinnrl hlnrc3 h RpJfer t it JHUl jl"Ul bUllJiil J illll Jo., ,1 mitti II 7 Having tried monogamy for about a year some Turks are not satisfied and long for the return of the harem and a plurality of wives " "-'"" '"-I"'-"''; w"-' wj Many, it is true, find it easy to one who seems to have common sense which is not commoii at all. iexcuso or condone, in undertakings which they upprovc and whose ends Many a husband is willing to accept advice from almost any woman except his wife. t bottles. Well, the crazy chemist had to come true Eoniellme. It happened in The appeal lo class spirit, no mat- I I'aris. He threw his test-tubes Into jter how benign and docllo it inayjthe street, precisely according to : appear to bo, is as unsafe as It la schedule People who knew about un-American. U wont Into a panic. Not until ihe l'asleur Institute announced officially that germs of the most hardy va rieties died alt hour's exposure the population of tho district quieted Iltlt it may not be so easy to kill crazy professor myin as to kiii germs. With his ruffed hair his shell-rimnied spectacles he they believe to be entirely worthy. methods which "are quickly condemn ed when applied In an effort to per- petliato the alleged rights of others. Thus the agitator and ambitious po litician has not found it difficult to According to the Oregonlnn News llureuu at Washington. I. C. the members of tho legislative committee, of the American farm bureau feder ation had luncheon with 1'rosidont Coolldge ut the While House Thurs ,iv and discussed with him in de- itail the bureau's legislative program for tho next congress. Tho commit tee bared Its dislikes us wen as ns likes lo the president In several pro posals which may be summarized as follows: 1. Would have government accept Henry I'ord's offer for Muscle Shoals with prospect for cheaper fertilizer for farms. 2. Selective Immigration favored wllli passports vised at port of em barkation; quota to be limited to per cent of' foreign born In this country In lS'JO, Insleud of 1910, as at present. 3. Kxress profits lax favored If government must ralsu additional money and Irrevocably opposed to general sales tax. consumption tax or expenditure lax. Wage Increases I'avoml. 4. Kor wage Increases for farm labor provided It enn bo shown labor efficiently has been Increased by me chanical devices, but opposed to any wuge advances unless cost of pro duction cun be decreased at samu time. 0. As lo merchant marine indorsed co-operation between government nnd private shipping Interests though cllicising some rulings of shipping board. 6. Kor crop insurance but opposed lo government entering the insurance business. 7. Kor enactment for truUl-in-fab-rics law. 8. Opposed to government price- :flxinn; on any agricultural commod ities. It. Indorsed present federal pro gram of highw ay const ruction. The president also was told that the American farm bureau federa tion will soon lake a referendum of the soldiers' bonus, reparations, and the question of fanners exchanging agricultural products produced ill this country for supplies produced abroad, obtaining thereon the sumo favorable tariff terms now enjoyed hv other buvers of raw materials in or no more Mian one fon,l(.n countries, namely, tt draw b to light and air wasblu.k of pcr cpnt Till; Cl!.,Y I'ltOI'KSSOlt ' AM) HIS Gi;ltMS. Now York World: Kvor since germ discoveries came along to ex plain Inexplicable things, hard-pressed sensational editors have used them as an old reliable stand-by. When there were no earthquakes: Ihe the anil Traii-sportatlon Is Studied. , The committee Indicated it would have something to say on transpor- .lollnn loirlRliilion when eongres3 Those who deplore kissing evidently would take the infection : Middle western sections "of the rni- '"rcv ",u: u,,",'r rlfht ,l"ind co,'n''r;soiidation, pooling of cars and tor- ted Stales a sentiment In favor of, ""' i'- mlnal facilities being now under what, If It were shown to exist consideration. As lo wage increase among the producers' of other corn- In' an Industrial conlrovorsy, Ihe the president was told it was, limy moditles. would be denounced by tho .People noyer are asked lo say UoW:to c tt halt on any rurthc"-tuW j out of affection i mil, Half the WOlid may not know how the Other half lives, but it Ba"'"-' farmers as monopolistic nnd."eh they would llli Probably they miss the old associations. Mustapha Kemal, has its suspicion. - .. Cln" ; ' V, , i:i:i to he Soaked. 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