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La Grande Evening Observer
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. Published dally and weekly at Dally, per month . 60o
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' Urunda, Oregon. publication of special dispatches
" uus pupor, Und also the local news
U Camur " 1
'," muiW OH THAT MEN would praise tho i
i. pel three months 2.Sb Lord for his goodness, and for his
Vt mo., in advance, 14. 6u' wondorful workH to the children
uy, single copy : f,c of nmn. psalm 107:21.
January
'. ! ; This is the eloquent manner an eastern writer describes
J Miliary:
Janus, the ancient deity, for whom this month was
ii.'med, is usually pictured as having two faces, and this
fact is not without its signification. Kxtremely cold days
vie with those of milder temperature now, yet withal, the
ice and snow and biting winds are not ut all backward in
asserting their authority,--
,' : Winter is no lonci an 'unfamiliar visitor, but an ac
cepted guest whose -stay of some weeks' duration is taken
as a matter of course. Too bad that the aristocratic sleigh,
the; plebeian bob-sled and especially the merry jingle bells
are but a memory. But the boy with the coaster is still
with us and to watch him take a hill "belly-buster" fash-
ipr)' is good for the eyes and better for the heart. Moreover,
the skaters are holding carnivals, so heigh-ho for tho river
and the lake, the frolic and the fun and the clever capers cut
by' steel-shod boots!
' ' January skies at night time are ripe for the enjoy
ment of astronomy with the naked eye. Go out of doors
at 9 o'clock on a clear evening and the heavens will re
cord you lavishly. Almost directly overhead Capella shines
wth a steady white brilliance. Toward tho southwest
Taurus, the Bull, with his two celebrated clusters, the
Jlyades and the Pleiads coruscates. Of all the star groups
none is more famous than the Pleiades, seven in number,
which, according to an Indian legend, are as so many lovely
Children who once danced themselves into the sky and never
came back. Orion, the "Colconda of the heavens," is re
splendent in his glory, and the starry river called Eridanus,
inay be glimpsed west of Rigel, which glitters like a gem
on the giant's left foot. And these are but a few of the
diadems that stud the heavens on a January night.
' The woods, are drear and stark for the most part and
bear -the marks of battle,
'. of ' widowhood and every green
tome and other tres not deciduous is at a premium..,, 1,'ho
cottontails T arc joyous and niuch in evidence in' the field
filohg the roadways. Coveys of quail, while not abundant,
nrV flushed occasionally by the chance pedestrian only to
disappear in a flutter and fluff of brown and a whir of
nuiffled music. Hero and there a Junco, or snowbird, is
cheerily hopping about. A lonely and somber crow flaps
overhead, icawing, as ho goes a raucous note, and in keep
ing with tho wintiiiiess of the January landscape.
Still The Land Of Refuge
For .three centuries a ceaseless migration has knocked
at our eastern portals, a migration of men, and women,
avid children, a migration that has put behind oppression
and misery and hopelcwness, and turns its face with eyes
alight to visions of hard work rewarded by independence,
self respect, and opportunity. But never has come to Ellis
Island a human cargo' more appealing- to pity than that
which mingled despair' and hope now bring racing to our
shores. In large measure the immigration of today is an
immigration that is upurrcd
driven by bleak reality. A
necessities IS tilC dominating
. , .V
European lives today, and lucky indeed is the Jamily Uiali
has tho means to find escape.
. The future of the newcomer as a citizen must be power
fully affected hv the dnmiimf
i 1 i,j' i j-,..- , ,. ,
ui u.-. j:iiivuL-iy uuiuu.-ia uiimes Jiuiy iu ineuicieu jui niUniti.i m-r
new. arrival who emues i or the sake of greater freedom '" or dmiai-M.
,,t a,,,,.,.!.!, ,,i i !' i i a ' The compilation shown the orl-
17 Uioiitflit and conscience and lor him who comes to es- KIln, (.sthnaied cost or the twen
cape starvation. likewise, the immigrant who"' flees politi-j'y K"t pmjecVs to have been
cnl oppression may hecoine a citizen essentially different
in outlook from the naturalized alien who comes here from
economic choice as distinguished from economic necessity.
Unfortunately
tho lliniidM
te newcomers ot 1'JlM will make is overshadowed for the
present by heart-burnings as to how many of them will
make citizens at all. Consideration of this aspect of im
migration is, however, not so much impelled by the composi
tion or characteristics of the new arrivals as by the failure
of -'many hundreds of thousands now in this country to
avail themselves of iiaturalkatH n. A hopeful view lies in
the 'fact that the present press of immigration is most
powerful from those lands that have produced the most
easily assimilable contributions to the making .of an Amer
ican people. 1
.1 1
When he makes a particularly good shot at golf, John D.
is aaid to give dimes lo those
recklessness of age.
. If both sides in Mexico are not winniitR victories both
have propaganda bureaus completely organized.
Congress has reconvened after the holiday recess, but
Mhat will it do further deionent saith not.
Practice makes perfect in
Kj-.i i i. n,
1MILUJU ii tin jjul un niu vvucun
thing save the fir, the bal:
loss by bright dreams than
craving for the most elemental
intlllenee HI eoillltleSS northom
-
imr ininiilsp ihjit hrinirs him
, . . , j. .1
n in uh Whirl nf eiHv(Mw
who may bo looking on. The1
writing it 1021.
THE. OLD HOME TOWN , JV Stantar l(jj'Cj HND - . . , ... "j j
S THE PATUEW ANO 'W SON " . ii Jj jfi
S THE NEW 1-AMlLf THAT MOVED IH HIB Ol-D YjJ fflw -
i eHiNKTr mmm, Acmm tob baiuroao - , jifc m Jfc&
j TIV.C" IV AN A!COM!fT Ai TO WHO VA' W W
rt'- IIT -T'. AfMr-H - Ff9' J'
Editorials From
Over the Nation
nii;i;i has lis iMtici;
HI Dorado Tlniem A snf4ty flntt
enlhimla:t wrlles: "Why was so
much attiMitlon piild to tlx wnfk
of h Tw4!tilli!th Century Limit
ed, Itllllnf; nine,- when at b-aHt five
times that many wth killed tin
sutuo duy by auUm bore In Amer
ica alone?"
The aiiHwo.r In, tlio bif train
wreck was spectacular. Ii. wiw the
wreck oi the train .rather than the
losti of life, that appealed to pop
ular linau-lnutUm.
The T went let h Cent ury wreck
was an International story, for this
train symbolli'.tiM the npeed Idol, so
widely wortddped in our K'era
tlon. This train is famous all ov
er the world principally for It.s
Mpecd,, since tho average - pursou
jfivcM scconilary at lent Ion to t he
train's comforts and the services
it renders.
Ours tu a nervous K'meritllon, liu
pathiitt, rtTstlesH, canor to be up
and moving. Many Individuals urv
about as apeedy as molasuca In
zero weather. Hot the national
tendency I; toward Hpced.
I'eoplc runh Ihe'r eating, 'pulp
(heir meals. They may move delih
(U'alely, but in the main they arc
ever on the loikout for shortcuts
of nielhoihi and mei-hjitUsm t hat
will Jiurry their work. They even
..,,ui, K..i.- ..t ,l' u i on i untn i-t
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IHH III' "i'nr ii"nni: i in; (in-
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ahead of their neighbors wore a
lifcuudMleu.th iwinw:1"''"'- -.-... s,. i r- t'
All this worried rush, of course,! lW'forn marriage a iiuin tts llko
Is an Indication of diseased nervesvn W'ar In that ho liugs). aftrvmrtls
rather tlian impiiisivn Inclustrlous
lic-'i: or de; ire to accomplish.
Occas'.oTully wt ai'o reminded by
a catafilroi lnv Ml;e t ho T went Id h
Century wreck or an auto crash,
that apeed Iiuh Km price. The real
and greater price tn shattered
nerves and existence made uiiuec
sarily wretched and disagreeable
by hurry without motive.
The man with speed mania nni.'tt
le a great admirer of the 'Inven
tor of the automobile hearse,
which certainly l:t speed plus.,
liatK.A'MON A I AIM ItIO
Albany Herald: We havu always
favored ivchtiuat ion projects of
thu l" tilted Kin ten government on
tho ground that they are necessary
to help feed our growing millions
of population, firstly; find tieeond-
ly, hecau.He they give opportunity
for wealth to individual citlens.
with itH own resourcca it:i popula
tion f.n veiu-M l.enee. Aw .iiinieH .1. Marconi reports tlutt Mars has
jinn.
Ameri-ii
empire build
pointed out. aomo vears ago it
i (tinn ttnn Am. i 'ea )1( L-.n iri
' make provlsionn ror the future.
n t ti...r,r,.r, .ii....-
,m , , , t
analysis of (lie t wmlv-eight irrl-
U-ation projects constructed by tho'
'lilted Stale: Knvernmelit shown
'lie ventures unprofitable up to
date, with Irr'gable laptl decreased
-ai-nuea running into mll-
I t n.i.i .;, tit 1 , wmie iiiu net (.-en-islriictlnn
cost wait $ I 4 1 ,7X7, U6.
1 The original estimated irrigable
i acreage of these projects waa 3,
i t f f . 4 1? 7 . The actual aereago lr-
1 rlgated Is liL',i:!tt.
The original estimated coJ't per
; acre wan $:w.r7. The. cowl per acre
for urea aetually Irrigated In (
1 jin.iu. j
j Of the net construction cost only j
I $ t f,.rtlt "J.S4 ' have beep paid o .
i June ;. IHL'.'t. leaving a difference!
vet unpaid of $ ) - ii. I IM , t H H. tf the 1
J tweut -eiglii. projects, eighteen
I have been in operation IFi yearor
i over, and all but one have been :
In operation ever nine ears. Com
paratively little has been paid on j
the construction cts of tho;o i
which have been in operation the!
I leanest. I
j -The total ))eration and malntcn '
innee costs up to .lune 3tt have been
$l7jtMt;tl. ThctoliO operation I
iand maintenance receipts up to j
the Hanie ilate have been Jll,:t7l,- ,
lea ihK t deilcit in liutlltten- '
a nee and operation or JfV.tiSS,4S7.
All told, there is mi amount un- 1
paid by the water users on these '
projects of J l32.MiL.7!iS. which
amount is duo on construction
costs, operation and maintenance
and water rentals. Three of the
projects, have been abandoned by
th government.
Tills lb, indeed, a sorry showing ,
and MeitM should be tukeu lo rem- I
I edy the condlUon. The Rreut west
Is dependent upon Irrigation for j
lis inuire weiiure. I'ls K't ut ino
root of the trouble aud correct It,
U pusi'lUlo.
1
OFFICE CAT
TRA0C MAM
BY JUNIUS
WOMKN bOVK (.OSMIP HIT
Til MY HIMIMjY AOOKK SCAN-
DAJt . ,. , ( ;
A Klrl 1 like .
Is tho pretty one; v
Who will not eat
'Til she gets,. home.
At that It in dnngeroiiM to haw which was not burned, duo to the 'by paying u small monthly suileh
K"n. You might slum! TOtirself! brick construction. '-A1 now-system board rental, will have service
somebody else or game , out nf;0f plumbing la being Installed this
season.
Quite Klght.
why do they
"I 'aw,
cull :
plneapnl
1 Hecause
it doesn't grow: on
pine tree and Isn't un unplo." r-.'
ho acts like
bear 10 llukt ho
growls,
' Try This. v ; '
Walter What will yoi have, sir?
Patron Koasl beef. ' ' !
Walter -How. do' you vy'unt It,
sir? i -- ;
Patron In a hurry and 'Well
done thou good and faithful Ser
vant. 1 1
DON'T lUiAMI-: YOl'U NKIGII- Mrs. Halbrook's mother, went back
libit II'1 UK C A Hit IKS HOMK-lto I Grande with them when they
THING INTO HIS d-.I.LAIt. lTreturned.
MIGHT UK GASOMNK. j The County Karmers Union will
' hold Its quarterly meeting In Elgin
A man In Lincoln, Nebraska, i next Saturday. Delegutes are ex
started home In a stolen car. It Is pec ted from .several local orgunl
notable that he won't' got there for Rations An Interesting progrum Is
IS months. lalways part of the day's business.
! " Several cases of measles are re-
You learn to swim not Ity pad-
tiling around In a life preserver butt
jlM'rn lrv,nK lo ?et us on ine win1-
iotiS- J MIU w"8 1,01110 unie ago. rne:
Mai tlan operator must have heard
. couple or bedtime stories from:
Newark and decided to trv Junlter .
'OP Sutlirn, .
' . -
OPTIMISM IS THE V KANT Ol-'f
IH'SINKSS IT ItAlSKS TIIK
, DOCUII
The political mudsllnging period
Is Just about to commence who'll
be the first victim?
Ginghams
Only a few patterns of Gingham, Chambray
and Outings left to be cleared at
3 Yards for
49c
Spring is coining you better get a few yards
at this
Andrews9
Store
Service Economy
Elgin Improvement Or-
ganization Starts Year;
with Social Session.
HI.OIN. (HncclaM Aim. J. A.
MftjterHon haa returned from (he
Jiaa been spending several day a
With Mr. Maatorson. AlthoiiKh
will be Borne tliiiu bcforn hn will
be nb)() to luave the hospital, hls;
,condltlorx Is. somewhat Improved
since he entered tho sanatorium, t
The Wormtn's Improveim-nt club'
held Its first floclat meeting: of the ;
yt-ar at tho homo of Mrs. - J. T.
Hater on Thursday 'arternoon. Af-!
tcr a short business session, at
which tho president,
Mrs. Kloydls
Galloway, presided, a program
mauc up or ueiiKitiui nuniDers
filled the afternoon. Several fam-
lliar songs wero sung by tho en- j
tire club. Mrs. Bateri gave twoj
readings, which were well received.
The Misses Jtachel Woods, Chur
lot(e Uroclua and Jean Denham
contributed piano solos which were
much c-JiJoyed. One of the features
nf tht! afternoon unn tlin nmKPnln.
tlon of A brief comtdy by Mrs. Ha -
iter, as the cook, Mrs. Merlin Al-
I iviim culler, uirn. uiiiiuwuy, i
as hostess and Mrs. Hen rv Hutr uh'
host. The llttlo play drew forth
much applkuBe. A vocal, solo, by
Mrs. Lynn Hill closed the program,
after which coffee and cukes were
serVdd by the refreshment commit
tee. ;'l ..
f A number or guests were present
at this meotlng. those from out of
town being Mrs. C i). Huffman of
1m Grande, and Mrs.
Ula aster
son of Wallowu.
Mr. and . Mrs. Bwlglit
Barnes '
have Just received a crate of let
tuce and ono of grapefruit from
their son Glenn, who Is now en
gaged In fruit packing in Hrawley,
California. ; They report unusually
cold weather there, having freez
ing weather, for several days. As
a result all the tomatoes, peas and
Ilnach crops have been killed.
1 "Kr" 18 ru'ar or-mo esuio-
uanmcni oi a. mouern oaaery piant
in ttigin-in me near tuiure. . The
location under consideration la In
the Kzidl building, tho rooms nowjof tho failure to dispose of the
occupied by J. Hall's pnlnt andlproperty of the bankrupt telephone
repair shop. - j company. In a number of cases.
Kxtenslvo Repairs arc being made (however, the subscribers have pur
In the art of tho Hommer hotel Ichased their phones and line?; and
week and will be ready for use
within a few days. .' Mrs. Lo Gore
will be In charge- of tho rooms.
jt'urho Improvements aro being made
by Henry and Joe Hommer.
Con Austlh left Elgin Thursday
to bo gotxa an Indefinite time. His
father, la now living in 8eattle;' but'
Con wha undecided whether he
would go there or not.
The third number of tho Klltsdn
White Lyceum course will be put
on Saturday evening. This is ex
pected to bo- one of the best num
bers of the entire course. The three
young men who comprise the
Uuckeye Trio are talented music
ians and offer a program of greut
Interest. -
Mr. . and Mis.. Claude Halbrook
and Carl Halbrook,' of Ia Grande,
visited with relatives near Elgin
Monday. Mrs. H. I,. Matthews.
ported In town.
Mr; and Mrs.
Iuther Hind man
announce the birth of WIIUimu Em
met l at their home on the Kbit.
They aro receiving the congratula-
inia oi meir many menus.
.ur. .miry v nanuter leiv rtunuay
rr Portland, where they will spend
winter with her sister. Iheyi
Plan later to go on to California,
whero they win visit with their
brother.
Miss Mary Shelton, who has
een attending business college In
Portland, spent the holidays with
her parents. She plans to remain
' lH'r for some time.
I Several of the farmer's telephone
lines havs been cut off ns ft result
low price
Va
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ZOtn sinnuai lcui ui
S-AhL-E
Every Article in the Store
Here Is A Real
H
IS
ONE LOT OF
4
Excellent Quality, Latest Styles, Good As
sortment of Patterns and Colors
j i
tjsa
Many men have profited by our unusual
cut on all
HART SCHAFFNER. & MARX and
. . OREGON CITY OVERCOATS
ri ' wl(C fllrt
Jtucjr cue iiiuire uncixi
flin fwt linv llipv pvpv
-"j r .- . .
you have beuh looking
Everyf Arlie In Our Mens
tssst
At
about as usual.
SKYSCRAPERS IN
"BAD REPUTE" NOW
(Ity Charles A. Sniilli,)
! liifc'inutlonnt N'w.s Service StalT
Cori-spindcnt.
LONDON, Skyscrapers have
not solved and will not. solve tho
iofflce - building problem In Amer
ica, according to Raymond Cn
"win, chief town - planning adviser
to tho English Health Ministry.
Cnwln has just returned from :t
visit to the United States, where
he acted as adviser to the New
York municipality on town - plan
ning scheme.'.
In a paper read to the Hoyal In
stltutu of Uritish architects. Un
win exploded the beliefs of people
who, ho said, return from vl-sitlm;
America, with glowing accounts of
the skyscrapers, and urged the In
stitute not to consider the intro
duction of tho "upward" method
of expanding cities, which he con
sidered was a langer and a men
ace to thy health of tho coiumuii
it;. "With every added story the ef
fective floor area per story is re
duced," said I'nwin, in discussing
the offleo - building problem as re
lating to New York, "the cost per
square foot Is increased, while the
greater number of elevators re
quired take their toll oT space from
each succeeding floor.
'Kvery story added tenda to
uarnen ait the. floors below; even
in spite of the bright light of New
York this is becoming increasingly '
"dent, and Hie number of rooms
Universal
Lunch
Kits
$2.50 Complete
rVlSCR'P"'K WUORSTS
in tin Main I oiucr
I - At Clearance Prices . . , . .
ri i
i
II T)lVm DHTTI T7C? I
... r
lbfle take skindyn a"jj
iflles and are uTill- look
fable! Y om
$1
MEN'S SUITS
OVERCOATS
coflcfiorl T
know it is
ocuwuvu. i
mndfi.
ave the model
est now and save !
ior.
h
Clearance Prices
in which artificial light has to be
used Is much greater than In Eng-
i land," continued Unwln.
"New York is discovering that
you cannot dlspens with trans
portation by going up. You mere
ly change tho horizontally moving
street car for the vertically trav-!
cling elevator.
"Increased height means In
creased traffic congestion, while
the darkening or offices and its
consequent Injury to health and ef
ficiency is serious. Kycuight.ls In
jured, and tuberculosis and. othex
diseases are encouraged.
"America will have to find some
other way than the use of sky
"If you send that
Teleph
You will not have to
Home IndeDe
Teleohone Co.
I .
Cold Type and
Warm Sunshine
JCXl)resSinr to
-nds the hone thai this v.Q
I j
iiapij-M, nuaaav
ever enjoyed, we
tuiu type oecause
way to .reach all.
I uut wcjvisn we
look yfu in the
your nice
"HAPPY
Reduced
Buy
Q.50
J each
1
I
OFF
I
1
Department
scrapers in order to expand ,ll
cities," said Cnwin in conclusion.
l'lg's Arr'ction for
cow saves Ills Nt'ck,f
GOLDIIELI!..NcV., (INS) rr- A
little pig's affection lor a cow. willf
savu him from tht butcher.- ,v
Horn In 'a slangiue? house, tlutt
little porker was -presented to. Cm
K. Heed, Nevada cattleman, wli
took It to tho Longstreot Huuchf
near here. . .t . - "rl
There' will be - no- more talk :6C
revolution when tho workman'.?
wifo no longer envies tho wife ol'
thu boss. ' ' I'1
urgent message by
one
Wait for the answc,
Our natrons nnrl
season vnn
are compelled fc
ise
there is
thcr
Kftlent ,
might wallf up to each
i you, Ke your hand,
eye hd say right to
rNEW YEAR"