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.:r.Tv.-f t PACE FOUR TJTF5- I.A GRANDE EVENING" OBSERVED Siihinlay,- Dt'ccmhci- 1, 102.,. La Grande Evening Observer A.S IMKI,r:Ml:NT NMVHI'APKIt PnhltshM dully anl wekly ut l.n Oraailn, OroRnn, t.y l.n Oran.ln Rvn. nlnit Oliwrvrr I'lihilnhlnif t'cinpnny. lil:i:OH UKS'NIM. Keillor. i;jU.jed nl I'ostofflc") ul A Or.nilu Ur-KCO. an ts-'i'OnU Cluu Mull .MiiiIit. A4lr oil coniiiiunlM.llf.iui to TllK GllKKIiVKK. Ulli Ailanm AW, l.o (li-aDiln. Orttvon. si'iist'nii'i'io.N n vu:s Itv OutI.t IrUly, r inomli 7.. ImJIy, ri.T thr.-f. irx.nlltH $ Jjmiy, fuT Hix inn., in iwlvj.ne. 14. r.. Unity. KiuKlfl copy OTV AMI lOI'NTV OITK IAI, l'Ai'l-:i( lly .Mall Dully, per yt'nr, In mlvnncf t"..00 lnlly, Kix months. In H.lvnnoc 12. So liaily, thrro months, In nilvfl.'.cc.l 1.2.' li.'iHy. pif month Sue On alo in oih'r Ir-it- OrTon Ilo Irl Nun Stun. I. I'nitlnn.l: InpTlnl ,v..m Hti.n.l. rnitlan.l N.u Hlutnl. I'ftrl'un.l. Editorials From Over the Nation miS OLD HOME TOWN By. Stanley ax oi-'vro.v o imxts Tltrt tireuon l:mor:Lll tlr-Hcrvei pom. l.;il HUUitt nil the En-al punU isth .T: "T..7T7?V. , I.'.'. I .. f .-.-..mil- ruim-.l iu Htutifor.1 ijutvfrwity. mi -nil li ..I MMl.lll.li . .,., ,(Sll0 Mhft nialc Tin- AtfstM'ijiir-il I'r.'j 1h exclusively I ... . . - ' LUil4'(ilM fti'tum wc.ir iM-uiirtij n mi ntiltr,! to line, for huolle:itlon of IU ;;TOf )tniokTrt OH Ui9 cunMiHf nd the n. WH dlMp:i -li. credited in 1L or not UtiiUi r vu ,.fl to ,k v.?t of the fair ther.vie crodUe.l in thl najier. uutl ;.-:o.rj." I.nh.r Um of alt.!r wiu ilo Urn local tH'MH piihllrthf-it tU'-vAn. 'tf-0 eharnilnji that ut't-niltixiy Ui-y bvp ll rh,'hi& of r puMU-iitlun of uf lai ; hiipelH-dy dlnairrred, tdnc the carer Ur.ftuicherf herein al.HO are nwfvci!, 'world JruA not hi-Mi further tuMi?i!f (imt uitt r ult rati l h nr. I(ir-I , If not wliollj, fhn uri'utP of th wU;M who Ke Waue Ao Democracy " - - -jUir tiin n, i.ui.it tri I lt would le nu pi't'sitlciit, cono;ixss. legislature, p;irlumiciiit or olhtiiy vtouay. mun-. iim Huclt Krishttive bodies as exist under the republican form f ir'mnn "unj.lh Z!X lliut tiatli nn rule tn. r hiH i.-V! ' " 1 " ? " wi urn 'ffii, lown, iuiJ v. HhMii! wsiMjj. - 1 T'ivtIw (n,. wouU not greatly d-jlr. for ' hlv.'it inuiu-r, to bo lniltM to ffotl ihn rk'-i-H or conlurojH, or in holh. i;uch Ktstc lr :t Noinflththtf to hf di' I siiN-it. To a yoiiBi? iiinn with i; thin Uitlf kulckri art fatrli irultoroiiK. !hil. to uhothrr v. ho U ovoroliirnw Purine the World war the l-nited States and even the world " '"'' u coto-truinod and lmsitunt at hwuQ heard a frroat deal oi dcinoeiacy and its salvation. In ;hilllHf.lf unlrM ll)f y urw ul(llOHt ,.l0. fact iis the war prutfiescd it was accej)ted as the strulo to itdiantin in Kinh. ont ruvorrd J . , , . . . , i i i U v -i'vltfi udiiilratloti in . knit -ken. tho death lietween deitiociacy and monaidiy. !i'oniiiry. an wen. are dfimhi. only That this was so is not surpiisintf since the people of tiie!'"r imH;i mTii-sionn. it is not com. ., , ... , . ., ,, . p ii iii ji'ortahh' i-Hhr norhilly or privately. tinted States and the other republic:; of the world have pre-0 vi;wlf.inuvil to cuVtiliriy. ferred to identify their countries as democracies. It will be a tin. Krm-ntui m properly pomih ... i . ,i i .t i I ii lull, tin Kwmliif iMipihirov loiB nu aro- sin prisms to ninny, however, to lwiin th;it they line been lab-',,,,, llK . Mr,.,.,.,., wnis,.r, oriiijf under a mistaken identity. Im ti" uri' t tin-' wmkr. an.i im -folHical neience defines a pure democracy as direct govern- ment bv tho neonle and a repulilic as Lnvernment by the people , r-a' -n. vn nurnmiiii.. tiis-tunluro) thiuuRh their chosen representatives. In a true democracy there rC-l!'1..::;".!; 'Z'n'lT King Arthur1 iMirih'ii in uhirh .siratKlit, tnit !hrr government. "r- h'ii U,n a ral plraHurc ' The seventh-jrn.de history teacher used to tell her clajJl,'- rTw, how Switzerland was a real democracy whore nil the people metini. ut certain times, enacted their own laws, made their own treaties) nTXZ with othur counti ies, levied taxes upon themselves and decided imii in-, r. n m o fur imntn. Whi th.T the how those taxes should be sponU l!ul Switzerland now is gov-W Z"- enied bv a jfovernment nuich like that of the United Slates. aii. it NimuM di-iinr.- tin- onviciioim lte,m,scnlntive are elected for a national assembly on the ratio " t.f one to every 20,(100 population. - Tho Swiss probably approach a pure democracy nearer than! iti:i ohim vi iox? imi'ossiiii.i:: the United States does, for in Switzerland they have adopted; .Miiwaukp.. journal: a lumbermen's the'iniUulivo and referendum. I!y the initiative the peoplo "ZX'0Z rectly make laws and submit them to the assembly for ratiiica-'timt nior-hiuiion, i- iumhrmon, Ih lion. liy tho referendum the people act upon laws made by the "" ,,,,,J"R ,,roJ7t- , , , . , . , , J Tli lutidiHrtniin hold to Ma un- ; assembly and may veto them if they de.siro to do so. i. nt coih .-pim; i, in tiurvHier; hf If the United States elected represtntatives to congress tmjlt',lf4 H '( u"d vrnev it- ir. io tho .. . ., ... ! o -i i i tfi Kill hn IfiivfH Oeyuvstulluii, tJiat Ik the sitme ratio to the population as prevails m Switzerland, m-iuiiroriunm. ir. in hh r-i-ntii.-H tah iicroH.4 a, comliit-ui, h trutnplff down tho I'tiri'Hl crop ot''Wij luliire, tuut Ih rrrf tlahla Hui U vnnvmt ha huin- ivn d iv apiiHv' nprn'utrt, nur in. )lr 1 !' ihut lutid u blH nuy Ho ht has prollud. And If h must ii-cdM cut uuil mIuIi und tntmplj ttio Hrciwui in (iW wuy, to rach - the Kl-owll), iiti waiitM, Ity vtfut it'iful sUaJ) nt Tie rca,oteu, to torn him ohh. uQd pulnl'ully rl'ljrtot tht (round h liiw luld tiarr? fr i-our rf loresuilon l ''uu liu(iOylhW rojtt." ; Th reprisrnttitlvw of t)tn Korlh ru itiiiih'Mioa mudf prji'ctly plain. ft u hiring Imforf thf.f Hu.tue s'uutr. I'OiniiiUlei), u,t .Mud bo n. that rrtornsta. Hon lnu'1 with In thulr cuncfpt. lie Hunting ir profiUti yr-s; ir ituproiit aide, no. J-'Arrttt t-rop, corn rrop, or huy (Ton- th'yr all th Hume. Kjich J firtvuie property and each muct he tut down to Im matte profttutlf. I'hr faot luni nature plautisj th one crop utiil ihc faruwr it; otiiT i 1 Af 111- J' O?! ti-J too c-.eMefc( TH' T(Mf OTT AlW.r fcAM j .... ,,t J ' A MA;IOL OtCY WALKER. WHO BROUGHT SOMtS POSIES To AUNT bAkAH PtAbODV . LEFT THC PLACE M ANGEIe. VHEN He REALI4EO HE HAD BE EN TRICKED BY JOKERS iif.'"' . TH& FLOWCRS WERE r:ATURATEP Wrm pfcppEft V i! - Htoitd of a house of representatives numbering -435,-we would i elected more than 5,000 representatives to tfo to congress. The '' state of Pennsylvania which now sends thirty-six representative tq Congress would send tin the Swiss ratio of one to every 20,000, as many as now constitute the whole congress. When the fathers charted out the governmental course in '. ttW'.cliiysi iifie represenijitive should be sent to congress for every 1)0,000 population. That Wttti before the days of the inimigvant rush. The proportion 'i has Iwen increased ever since then, until now a representative i elected for every 211,877 population. will t.t U v- that ratlin- ut-i hav !-iMiit- rhiitii hi -ti tlx nhtn the ji u lil i policy ncci an- a public heritage. public has tt rh:ht tn n-tni wanton iti-.-ii-ti-lin. t'OI TIti lll.l.SslNt.S Van'oiivr l"ailv U'-uhl; VVhv st. nmo.ly toiiay.' Why allnw niiiilf in chiui:;.- so con-t;inth i .0111 rav,- to f,a, from Joy in fal lie: '.' Vnti I'in-l iMirscM' more ninl nimc stili ji to Mpcllh, wlurc it t ' . Mi;i lh;tt tin- win hi lias ioii,. uriia-r ami. ;m ritriila rt v in our chw', mi.''lii inn.- m i nif- lo pur sue. Shake yoms' lf ioc Iroin tin thou'ihlw. l-;.-ich lino- yon iinlnlyc kih-P thouhlH it b cm. li;ni-, to a 1 rii" o. ' hem. vy I'oiuit your bb-HsliiL-y yoii mav huc an inany nu tin- n t one if im would spend a litth- unite tho" in ouunliHi lh"in. 'I'lie wcnUu-r may i-tl deprernif:, i hci-i- may be m ui-.-s nr nthci'H In tin- Hue ahead or von, you 4-umiut mi lliiic to pla our )av".pi. Kaoie. hojiie nitb tot has o Im- :iuil!M l a Ad all these lhtn'-,' interiVre w n h your plans. I io on kmnv that hh s-in-M aro iH'ti'ii wrapped up Pi dull und uuintc reMta ..tei iors ? Make il olir KOIlie to I lhi the blessiii and fill out. the "III in J4. . nations IMIS is . ;(M OXK j furcsis f fiver in I'c ndleton thi-y'tv ti IliliK cm (tiat j!;od one, mi .onr or the fellows who i nd i In- j Npctit TliailKs-iv illtf 1 );iy then- Hay, n their 'n- oi" the I'einlletonians who' prae- ' ji!call- owiih nu automobile put 0110 im-r nn (he police hut that's ctlltik- i :.i!iad ol' ihe hlory. Said 1'eiuHctiuiian ( !'l his car parked downtown without : ! tin: t.;i! MkIiI burning and when lie not' ready to k home ho I'muid it police m:' K- r on it. So what did he do but j ih-.ue tin- ear there and walk home! j W hen he ol home he catted I he po- j ; iio' by teb-photie and reported that I his machine had ticn stolen. . conplc-! e hoirs (titer he wa inioimcd that j ji! ii id biM ii found and he could net It : jat In ad'iuarlcrs. He did. (We won't! ,oiich lor Ihe veractly of this Mory : j Imt. t tn Kuy who heard It In rendle-! ton - who made us promise to keep j his nam.- a secret did! Kd. ole).. WINTER CLOTHING Wool Shirts Oregon City and Ncustadter Bros. ,c;ood ! Iieavy grade of wool; all sizes manji colors. ! Prices ranging- from j $3.00. to .$6.00 Men's and IJoys' Mackinaws Oregon City 'irgin wool ijroducts; all sizes. Prices ranging from Si;.?.") (o $13.73 -i Wool Socks light and heavy weights, for dres3 and work 2jc to $1.23 i:iiiiui'.ii. niuiM There ;tri. niff.; iir liulitN. Tliciv m-i lll'ti or loin'. Iltu iIm hi'M av to nii'i'l her. I- lii nietiT alone. Recalls Wife Trading The arrival of two German jjirls at Norfolk last week on the bteamer Sesostiis from IlamhurK and the announcement by the: l UthorUies that they will lie deported unless they find American i"-i'ie n- ijiii. Tin fact thai the tii .... .-. . .. ,, . .. .. ,. 'raruii-r rt'plutitH th one. nuil Datura husbands withir. a specified time rwalls a similar incident in .lt.,.uuso of nla.i.mij obturii ' the history of the same state. rain replant Km uth-r. also i ticiii In 1619 twenty yountf women arrived at Jamestown. They !m?r,.,''Hai.n'N,r,oh"rrM tllan" ..pan hnd been brought over from ! jie;liind as wives for the Virginia i"1'""!'"!: corn 0 ions u.i imii. ur? on colonists. History records that they were transported at the ex-,ir!l.,','n, 'm'uio' tr.n.i of tbe arp... pense of the company mid were married to men who were able " iim viewpoint of nils ro..p to Huppoi-t them. These men. it is said, willingly tlefrayed tlicj't cost of their passage. The pi ice lor each jjirl brought over on .mii nai.ie i.y a imi.ik- policy the flnrt voyage was 12.. pounds of tobacco. On sbscuont trips IXa.e'iyVSlS,",, 'Xn, the chaiife was advanced to l.'.o pounds of tobacco and "even ni ' paramount, then- iu t.o no more," but as "the debt for a wife was a debt of honor," it waSj;;;,:,;;.,:;:';ii:V'i; piinctllallv paid.. ' forel. !.mnli rmrn will befln ! ' In the present case no price seems to have been set, but as ;;;illi:r'rr,!:;:iion',"f Z the girls were stowaways, discovered when the vessel was 111 I'.ir.ii n.at a tre i. piui.te.i i..r days out fmn, Hamburg the captain cau reasonably demand thejrvnmr n.M , jiiice.of their jiassajie. Ii they are ood cooks, as he says thev ipoiiei ik.powh a penalty for .v.ry proved themselves to be aboard his vessel, they should have ""lr"" """ '" '"-'""""v ''-""'"' Thev difficulty in jfettin suitable mates. Examined By Your Doctor Tik. Salt, to Wail. Kldn.y. if Back Pain You or Bladd.r Both.rt History lepcats itself', no doubt, but always with a differ- ji l-Iiyp TC?HnPVN enci.'. The 20 women who arrived in Yirjrinin ver UOO years i I 17 "V" 1V . "L i.Ko shiueil their husbands' haKlrhips and perils. Today there: are safety and comfort for the poorest. Thousands are cumin"; j to this country who would not have faced the toils and priva-J tion of an earlier day. Isiael .anjjwill complains: "You shut; t ut immijirants, instead of lmldiu"; out hospitable hands. Ahdj ,'how tlid you jtet your country? You took it by force from the Indians, and your duly is to hold it in trust for humanity." In c. count! y where ull aie innnijfrants or the descendants of inimi-j erants it is not well to make too many distinctions, but this will remain true that the curliest imminrants were the ones who bore tho heaviest burdens. They were men selected by the iiatuiv of the task, includiii)! "taking the land from the Indians," and their descendants should see to il that some sort of selection is, hU'II enforced in regard to all immigrants. OFFICE CAT 1HAOC M1r) BV JUNIUS Sc-ih .spasm 'I'lu'ii iu-4' li'ii'rs of a-iit, 'I here Jul- letli'rs i ftmu. Hut Oic best way in let her, Is to letter alone. 'Ihe llei-Jiil. ,,r vanity: 'llif mutt wlm I'ccK Mir-consclou ulien he rends ulstiit a male beau ty iiiilest. i I: I n your t 'hr don'l th .someone- vr,v will hi; c.l to or 1 li it t huhhy his month's waxen. istmaH Hlioppiui; arly. j I liere Is a. chuiic Ihut ' f Men's Union Suits In cotton, wool mixtures, all wool and silk and wool. Prices range from $1.30 to $9.50 Men's Pac Boots Good grade chocolate oiled calf; 16 inches high, full bellows tongue. . $10.00 wh.'u you want will have fcpfliit linker nty brl !e tells Junius that she doesn't, infill) klv.fuu' her tin-build- imihli-he becaiw he ktrHl n ltiu-li before inai riii-; Id louKlteii tier lips. 'I'urn increase In I'riee" hoar- Hne. (No doubl It costs the poor an nua is iio'i e o live now au:i s Note). A man wnlketl jitio a l.n (.rnude automobile n-i'tu slnre. 'Ihe lxts n out. t he e.lcrk wok hi. Said lite (ii-iuuH i: "I'd like lo hee it, tKni u--'! vm:'' Saht the clerk: "so would I." Our Idea of a Hulllbh- Klnk is ; hurt, sawed-ol'f. bowlem.eil lella wilt will h t his (allor talk 1 1 tin into huviil.' eheekcred suit. IT is: At.lil l I- 'I ll T Till; iu:sr I'l.At i: to ii i: noiii is on oi:'s linn l ii m. One of our eori-espnuderits (wo won't sai. which) sent lids in: '( liri-tiuiis shoppin-r js (ho fiixler of Ihe i fay. If i-tci-binl.r would do II curly we ophir itieri' wouldn't Ih mi nian.v fiiiircd in ttie la.-t ntinutc iu-h. .fohu Itltuik and folks jwiti ThnuksRlvtn; lny In ,u (;rand4. They come sluffed. " ,otm Dim whs li i't.v pica -ant riillcr at Un sei-ibc's home Tliau.ksjlv inft Kay. John hrotmhl n uohI eiyttiN. 0 News are er- searei Uiis week. " nm we hojM to do iM-der next week Itlchaiil IUik's wife Is epHtin the stork." AMKN , 'li-uckload l.ludt llaerd. la tll'Ni;. Or. Tli limit plnred no loads of i rucks on I. am county's travel and macadam roads a short time iiko has been raised, after a larin'e number of truck owners hud either appeared before the vounty court or had writ I en, prolest in- aruinst ihe limit as hi-in so low Hint tiny would be unable to operate at u pnnji. The limit was chunked yesterday rrom ami pounds to the tnrh width of tin- per axle to ::jti pounds. This said members of the county court yester day alter the order had been made, sienied to he entli'ly satisfactory lo the truck drivers and owners who had proles, ed. Our care and modern meiiiods j'-JT k iluiililc the life of- your linen Try jfr Tim iv were only five di.s.sontt-is nnump; 1,(j0O studonts uf Ct lumbiu collrjft? wlio voted auainsl "t'xaniinatinns." Public school Idipils would have mado it unaninmus. Tho British nuispum is dt-linhh-d oir it luMiust of tht larjf tst collection of llwis in the world. A collection of II win is one Ihinp; most folks would picfcr to uvoitl. There iu mm i it? draw hacks to Ikmiik prcsidont. Ho. has to tic copt in ifotnl maco the dojrs offered him when ho may not ntvd them tit nil. The score of a football frame is far moiv conclusive than ptv dictions made in advance. Flush your kidneys by drink Ins a uuurt of water each day. lso ttkc alu (Kcaotully, ays -4 uottu authority, wlio triU us thkt ijo uuk tt rich (ood loruis aciii-t whkh aliuOtt l4rly7c the knhit$ in their rlTori 10 spcl it triitn the blood. '1 hey become lu:Kvh and we. i ken; llien you may suffer with a Mull mit-ery in the kidney relict, harp piius in the tuck or sick beadache, din riei, your stocnach sours, tongue i cgated, aud when tbe weather is lad you have rheummio twins es. tht uriue gets t'loud', full of sediment, the chan nel!! otteti yet sore and irritated. obliitij you tft MtU relief two or three times during k otbt. To help ocut,ra'in5 thee irriutins acid?, tn bflp iVanse the kidueys ainl flush off the hndy'n tirhious wrae, et fpur runee of Td Salt from anv riur ina.cy here; take a tabIeVKoniul in a fjUs oi water he lore brttkilit for a few days, and vmir ki duels nuiV then act tine. famous saltn in made (rem the acW of sraif nd kmon juice, cotnliined witi litbia. and Las b4n used (or rar tn help Hush and stimulate skitiitii kjJuvc; aJ-o to oeotra!tt the arid tu tbe system 50 they oo teDfrf irrhaie, thus oitcti relieving bUtfaer wfknr. Ja.J att U inetpen?Ke; can -not In lune and uikes a tklifthtful eaer' rent udnV-atT UftuV. Uy ail aie&nt hive vont pttVfieJan emine your kid (inyt ut leait twict 'tr. IM 1 IDHenthe 9round 1 If fff is uet, thea voe satj- ffrk ' a 5ai1 is bulging.thca f'l ue Knou? the tuind is Uraetvour clients triagtoits thsir friends, to bay USED CARS, then u?e knou our merchandise satisfies. Tor cvru result there is a cause. Correct rcprescivUtion.good USED CARS and peputar prices, thai, to our clients, is the cause for supportinq and boosting the "Ask the Envelope "platv. SOUTHARD & SHIXX r n When a marvVantS xto borriW iroubl?,' lend hirrv oil you hewe " Dnddyt Ihosc Children Think You're Ahout "II." Whatever Puddy and Mother do is Just light you don't w nut them to he rufstnUen, do yon ? fvrhiinly not. Then tench Ihem to know that the nor ret of prosper ity Is the ability to save money. Tldp llwm It-am tho hahlt. We want to help you ludp them. Home hanks mo fifto. Opn nn orcount with nn for tho "kiddiea" we'll show tluin tho Minn oourt csle.i wo would you.