La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 07, 1924, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUTt THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Thursday, Fehruary 7, 1024.' r- La Grande Evening Observer WOWENKKNT M;vVsl'Ari:u Publlahetl dully and wuokly at Ia Grande. Greuon, by I.a Grande Kveulnf Onaerver I'uUiiauinu torn- liaoy. BRUCE niCNNIS, Editor. CBtw-ed at poatofflce at La Grnndo, Ore O" Seootld Cliiaa Mail Mutt. -5. Od tale In other cltl Oregon Hotel Nowfl Hluml, l'ortlund; I111 parlol Newa Ftund, Portland; Mult osmah Now Stand, 1'orlland. Address atl cominunlcatlona to THK OUSHUVER. 1410 Adama. Am., 1-a Gruuda. Oregon. 8UI1SOJH1TION ItATKS By Carrier Pally, per mouth 76c Dally, per three months $2.25 Dally per six jno.. In advance, f4. 60 Dally, single copy Ily .Hall Dally, par month 1 .. Mm Onlly, tiireo ln., In fidvnnpp. $1-26 Dally, six 1110., In Hdvanei, I'ally, per year. In udviinoii.. nil Editorials From Over the Nation who i'avs Tin-: iiom's? CTJ'V AND COIJNTV )l i-'ICIAIi l-AI'KII 1 ONGAMBLERS Mliim -:ipolls Journal: When 111,' Mliiin Molf. Ii-ivlslntum decided on (lie iiiiv-iiii.iii i.r it n - mkmkimi Ass.ciAn;i. i-KKss ,v,,-y ,-ni,,.,, or- ,. ; Can't Restrain Brittish Th a Associated I'rcss In exc.lu- ""i'vi'1 In tin- World war. 11 cer- slvcly entitled lo usu lor publico- Minneapollii service man made lion of all news dlNiat'h".i creiiiteil "H Inn mind that he would nol ue- to It or not otherwise credited. In '',nl "" money. published llicr.;ln. All MKhlM or ro- ! !l" Hei-v.sl because he fell publication of special iluii:Uehiw '' 11 llu'y ""'I a ti ivili us a clll this paper, and also ilia local news ablc-hoilled and under tin- nice heroin also nro rcucrved. limit, to do no. He. . wanted no'j 1 bonus Cor that. II ni's-iii-il ulonf tills lino with I Ills flor-k lilec n.hlfl com rail. , hiil.tlie bonus look-1 Bettor," So May Tax Him; Board Thinks the Step Would Be O. K. 7-y Stanley 1 JX"INIMN. (INN) JCiiirlishnwn hi fact, AUKlo-Hnxons arenernlly nro bound to bi't. If t can't ani-ill; 1; waiter on r. hormi raca they'll risk I heir coin on some He shall f Isliephi i'il: He shall (fiilber 1:11 iei ifooil to most of Ihciu. mid he; even more uncertain Kuuible. flambs Willi his ami, inn carry u-jih about Ihe only "conscientious ! They'll bet on some think, ami you ..CcM'teni In his bosom. Isnfoh -ill: i 1. johj.-elor" lo be found. oan'l slop 'cm. There fore the ' I The legislature ordered Ihe bon-.'blUK to do III to control hettliu' lis pah anil iii riiiiKed for use of eliminate as inuny of lis ndmlttt-d J I lie stale's en flit lo finance thc M'vils as pussllilp, imposo u tax , 1 1 runsacl ion. :' Mint will aive the stato a share I I'Kvmi-iiis wer.- mnile ns rr.nhllv i "'" uralim. und let 1 In 111 bet to TIip oTPiifpar. (vnnmnnifv ivxwiikI nic.fi va foirn fnr vo-!"" l"-oof of servlc,. and citizen-1 "."''r heart's content. building1 burned homes, business places, imluslfie3 mid cities '"'tmc ''''''vo'isii'-'imous'1 ' obj.iW kept up a powerful thlnkina. At Great Rebuilding Force devastated by conflagration is insuiance. , In England they speak of it as assurance. or assurance, the idea expressed is one of the main object;; ,llh?.1,'' .! !h',,,,,?"l'y (1 In Komtwliat (Iifi''rent lan iKiiiLK. Inu to tin mnu jti-noral iinnioNi' nf4 Din forciriif 111 Htm. lust. In' Wt'.lt to lh (Mlpltol HH( ' ,,... ,.,... lltn- t. n.. 1 ,.A In Tilll insurance mailt: fonnul applicallui lor of intelligent life and social organization. 1 llu,,,ft,i ,n uvu,vt" UKI i,al imh.1i- up your .nln.l to reiuai'l through the ages by nuiukind tor the rmrno.se ot irivintr imnus." its nieml)ers insurance or assurance against misfortunes ' "Ho T'vc li;vw put rjifiwn my bonus hut v ry (lulliir of ll In thr on the (Ujlities of human mind and heart wliich makes civilized society possible. Insurance will spread with the spread of popular in-"X telligenee. It is one of the chief factors in American pros- has io pay iimt bonus back, he win perity and well-being and its importance is steadily in-1 '':X,,.lTh''1'""f.yii'1a. hl"'!.A'' cn 'th" creasing, ji is a mi.siness, out n is also ann niiove all, serv- croup of servlco men. , , ice. It has been built up by jirivale initiative' and en-teiprise. Europe Emerging 'l'ly luul li'-vrr liniUKlit o' tin niitlUT in Mint ItKlil. liul , iirlT lit!, horrowort inoiicy hut; to lx n paid, you It How. OFFICE CAT TRAUC flAOH , In spite of the constei iiationists and their ominous prog nostications, conditions in Europe are improving, slowly, Ui be sure, but steadily. Friends of the league! and enemies of the Versailles treaty said peace was impossible without; the ratification of the former, and the iinnulnient til' the latter. Factional warfare and political turmoil in the. con tinental countries have done their best to spread chaos and renew world hostilities but a power for good and for universal peace now seems victorious.. A new treaty has been concluded between France and Czechoslovakia. A compact is shortly to bo signed by. luaiy nna Jugoslavia. Relations netweeji Hungary antl her neighbors re showing constant improvement. These arc among the hopeful signs that Kurope is gradually adjust ing itself to the change in political conditions wrought by the war. The Franco-Czech agreement simply provides for com , mon':effort toward the enforcement of the treaties of Ver- BY JVNIUS May, 1923, to Investigate and re. purt of tile 'Itrltish Oovcrnmcnt on th feugihillli- of linuoslnir a tux rnil. s. when they b urned thai he , on h,.iUnK summarises tb conclu- lliul Coll.Ct.Ml. "We UlOUglll I'M .I,,,,, l,.,,w fn,,,, ll' nrnlnn.wl invc.il iuatlon. 'I'lie report, of the ; comum lee bi-inirs forth hoiuc re- "I'll ti ll you," said the objector. imil-kable sldellKbls on belllB as I've l)i-,-n tliinklnir this in:itt,.r I. ..- u.. i., . .' and provision for needs. There is no human service that over, you see. iv,. Koi a youni!; .makes a stronger appeal to the mind that is rational and '" ,wh,'n, Br"" "" ' ..'ommm ,11 Tdenior1, milture. I.on ow. u iu.,m-'y ii tid il will hnvo , : alizliiK lo tw pi oplo. - , j Insuraneo of 'prorty is an economic problem, a busi- Z.Z'! h'Wk ,,,t,,n"H 1y , 77';; "t I'ttl?? tl!?- ness.' It is much more. Insurance is in the main founded i '"' i'1'' nn'im your son nmi myiiinK in Mw sircft,' ihe Biirn-pti- : tioiiH pits-stng of HpH ii ii (J tin con ' Hlunt. iHid'-itvor lo avoid tin polkv on cliiTiicln'i am'. Pxlablixli r. ken ThiN Ik inot piTiiicloiiH, an il run cra w uki'iiiiiK! it rcHpfCt for law," llii report ascr(. hlldivn net To. tnv ot I lie KreuloKt evils cp (Harcil by Uk coninilltoo la tli ox tnt to which wotiH'ii ami clitlO-ri-ii in Kntihuut purliviputt' In' bet ting "Thf cvldcnro oKUihllshcH," tlio report says, 'that women nr bel ting to u very larffo and steadily iiicrcasin extent. Street hook niiikerH are ko thorOiiKhly o r trail -ized that within recent years they ai:d t heir uKentH have bepun n, ftyjlem of eanvaHsinK Ihe homes u ml InduHiiiK i lie women to bet. Thin in mom pernirloiiH, .in U ran only he dotm . out of household money, probably without the Jtun band'.t knowledKO. "I'hllilren are largely used all over the country aa mi-SHenKerH lo earry the ttluiK' Hlips of their parentK to ilio bookmaker. They l ead ily lea i n t he hiiKlm sH. und some take to betting Uiomsolve. Ii Is undoubted that the book maker;! will and do bet with child i ren, and the-committee had evl ! ilent'o in Ohe cuse that In a Lon don elementary school hoys of ten jUnd lwe( years were buying tips i and went hettiiiK In Humes of threep.-nee und sixpence (Ji and la cents) witli n bookmaker, The extent to which belt ins pre vails In Knjjland Is HirlcklnRly set iorlh In the report, in comment ing upon the riniiltlcatlons of the bookniakeri;' business. Huildredn of small Hhopkeepers in all parts ot th country, the report assert, act as agents for bookmakers. ''II Is not toft much to say," the com mittee declares, "that our indus trall areas are permeuted with these secret and Illegal belting houses. Il Is Mated that there 1 scarcely a works in the country employing more than twenty men where there Is not a bookmaker's agent," .Many Bookmaker. To tako care of Knglund's eager bttiors. the committee estlmaieu. there are at least m.noo book nui kers some estimates runs as high as 16.0)10 und the yearly l u in o e r, or total ni wn ger ihI wilh the '-bookies" is estimated ui not 1 ess than f l,ooo,unit(mHi. The aventge lu-oritH of Hie book maker, the conimtttee believes, is approximately 2 per cent of the turnover, ulthough the isite varies as )etween different bookmakers und different clu.-sseu of hookmuk- fYwilllTS ) 5AM WHITES OTHER BoY MJ-ECUP.T QUIT HI5 JCB AT I- THC FotertiTofce stoke tovm when j6C Bakwymcike "THE UNDEKTAHEK., AWtU fUln 70 imttP OUT fKIS IWl YELLS "ICE" BY DAY GOES TO OPERA AT NIGHT ; ron s- lit off somewhere singing up and down the a'a!ts when jihurc. una so much work to bo j done. Then, too, we didn't have ; ! lie money to spare. It wouldn't ! work. Ho I've had to get my jnuiiie hearing otliers "sing. Hut I iny children they'll have a I change if they w;int it every one j of lin iii. I'll make S.ny sacrifice ; for that." 1 UO It MY It A I It. Illy I hn-a I., liairie.) The deed Is done, the bobbed hair j won, Rattles, Saint Germain and Trianon. The Jtalo-Jugoslav Ami just io,- tiu.i, rv' uisn mst pact definitely shelves the Adriatic dispute, which involved! My "Ml",m'-,:l ronl mre'. rp. , , , TT ... ! I pondered long. "Now is it wrong 1 iuiiiu. i nu uie spurt wiucii was iiungaiy is oeing cured I'or oh' kIi-I.s lo bo huppy, Ami feed that they must bob their hair. To make them .look morn f hippy? 1 know "tin not, so I won't stop." "I'WiiK done. Then home 1 hurried My hiifhaiid met nle nt I ho door. ! eM'tainly felt worried. He aa vi one look. My,' lion I , ' ii ' ' I shook, I hc.w on awful ending. Our tmubles would vanish were Americans to acquire i ir l nn' " ' i"-nyed, "thin i I . reitei- need t befiieniltm:.' 'I'll, Hell" s;ld he. like Hint, I to 111'. With looki lha. had m frlxeii. - And Mvni'ii by all in Heaven, on ... I r;,l-th, ' Bryan's hand-picked candidate savs he refuses to bc-!Vn ",,,ro ronl,1 T h" hls'n lieye that he is descended from a nvmkey. However, other! ullC V evidence on the mutter is wanting. mahi new. our homin we-n seve- ou lliink that 1 will wear Ion:; The point is that these things have been accomplished without overthrowing the peace treaties, without even chnnging them. They are not perfect, but they can be made to work. It has taken Europe some time to find this out. the ten habit, says Sir Charles Iligham. We have some troubles just because we are trying to get rid of the "ten" habit. . t , " . .. , . i TlleU' day: l.-i j;o!in forever. ; f renchman vlio specitietl in his will that his body bo! . r:ed man ncowled, and then preserved in alcohol preferred to post mortem existence j ..Ah io'o!-' mine, so giddy mint giwu Kitwiy try io no wniie living. with hair m(,. t lnt. siuril want in h Because a member of congress is not nnswrrable for what he says on the fKutr makes some of them bold in as sertion and innuendo. Greece will be in no rush to take a plebiscite on the re turn of the king. The country seems to bo getting along just as well without him. New house rules are said to imperil the hud-vf system. Members who attempt to scrap that had belter prepare rn another occupation. . A fashionable, grans widdy." I "Oh, come on, grin." said t to : hitnj j " nd be -ii sport, old dearie, j riipiio;.' 1 had no hair al nil, I Yeu'.l have cause to feel leary. f 'l wore a big. a cOntlv wig, 1 'All etirhi jitid pompailoodleM, frsi t'n:ile or many kinds of hair I I Vo-h (diier premie.. uooilles. j 'i I: 1 K y, und then lied. j Sure you could scold. Old lellOW. X:; ''I'y day my hair would j eban;: i I'leiu pea-green into yellow. ' t eo't hi. a fit. but please admit. An.l all m oilier mtstefH; ! A bobbed load t Ihe nlee.-it kind, j 0 i ihe obi -vat's wliNkers." A street fight in Paris between anarehi;,tr. and com munists must have aroused a considerable amount of non partisan cheering. imli'-ei KKh n ui, on the ban I ;'n".s I Mia eating garlic. Ily .r. K CA.tlti:HHY. MOW VOItK (INS). "Jet!" Tom Mrf icrmott. cries thla by Uiy. Hy night the other night, nt l(,II-( Tnu, ,.nit cA,wl lt hind the footlights ut the Metro-M ,,tor 1 politan Opera House, dreamland j ' 1,1 !J,nv """'Itngl of every opera lover, und spoke. II was the proudest .hour of Tom MeDci'inott's life. I'or 27 yeur jiow Tom ArcOer- motl. J jersey t'lty Icemun, has held his seat In the front row of the Metropolitan gallery at every per formance. Tie has never missed. For the same spun the other- half of lit in the iceman h;us rode on the seat of his Jersey Ice truck crying his wares to housewives "Ice!" The occasion of Tom MelVr- mott's trip behind the 'footlights wuh a tribute paid Antonio Scot tl nt the "Scotil celebration." The Jersey City Iceman represented the gallery gods. ; JdcDcrmntt'H whole life centers nhoiil the Metropolitan. .Kach nf-' ternoon he finishes his work', re turns lo his homo, greets Mm. MeDermolt. and the five lildo Ale- ! l. NTm i.Y, (AT) Itaymond Un wfu, expert on ciiy planning to the Itritish liealih luinlstrj. finds .mucU lo eo!tdoi!in in A mericau i-ltyerJliieiM. lie nctuired his m lirt'.sfdonji durirv-j a recent tour of the 1 'lifted plates. "Piling more buildings on top of what you have, and boring more M(l'v:i.q or erecting more elevated traeliM to pour their additional MiiiftiludeH into the already swol len torrent. In si reels, looks like wheer madness to a town planner" Mr. I'nwin way;;. "With every additional- Mory the effort Ivo floor area ifi reduced by the space de mands of elevators, and every tpry tend;; to darken the rooimi j below. Tiie number of dark rooms tr New York in which art if iela1 light in ur1 be used, is far greater t ban hi London!" The tlay populnl Ion of London NEW SPRING Sport Dresses Stunning assortment of new Spring Wool Sport Dresses. You will like the exclusiveness of each model and the attractive checked andf plain patterns. Some are of checked materials trimmed in solid color, while others have braid and fancy buttons. See them now, for such models wi'l sell quickly. from $13.75 up More New Things Arriving Daily Our Spring goods are arriving. Every day new and attractive accessories for men and women find their way into our shelves. We are proud to say that this' Spring we will have more to offer the public than ever before. Everything will be so different and attractive that you will be amazed. tnr il Is lo -he sliul.t- ll let. Am lie 1 Wake Up WITH ih-rmotts, and then tie "wnsheM ! i.v ; i . to the acre, according to up." At 6:4ti each night he can I Mr. l invin. and that of 11m loop be fo md aboard the ferry head- are.i, i Miieao 2.:; 'to tn t ho nepo. Ing for the -Metropolitan. w.pai.,M. , mmt Ui IUh gallery .seat woe it Is to anyone who makes the cut noise. He loves fplli listens Ills eyes close not in nap, which you might suspect of thn Iceman, but in dreams of the music, lover. ! '"I go to ihe opera si- nlghl.s a week anil to the concert on Sun-' day," Mcltermott explains be-' tween acts. , In his quarter century ns a g:il-j lery god Jcentan Mel lermott lum , come to know Knrrar, Homer, Henibrlrh, . Mori, .lerllza, Mal ti nelll. He was a friend of Ca ruso. "I have no favorlOt I. Invi diam all," McHermott explains. Later Mcl )ermott will confess that Caruso first, then l-'arrar and Scot 1 1 have won Ills heart to n greater decree than all the others. l-'arrar. he believes is best In "Carmen." j Them is pathos behind McOer- i mod's story. "1 had a good baritone voice, I u.nd I wanted to have It trained j when I was a youngster. lint , circumstances " There was a I pause. "Well. in our family; we've been Ice harvesters for overj tlfty years. rut it out of the I lakes In winter and sell it whole-1 My falhep co ildn't per The Colden Kule is another (hat exneriennv. a difficulty now and aaiii in (he madcrdf ivinplel,. enforcement. Thiv ui .1 lo e.-lll II upoonilik', nun tin i-.ill It 1,,-llliu; pnrlles. I n! il'n nil tb, ;i.iuie only iloue oil hi.,1.. :- M-ille. Nil ('lllrl!tllt nil TllllltlStlUII'H Wjieii the sliooting is on in earnest, an mlminisl ration in Mexico has to be pretty shifty on ilr, feel l d,.,l,.,. H. lSRue.- I.HM"i, (Al')) There In no eoMri-.bt , ill' lonilL.tolle ll:iKH!t III l-.iii:l:in,l. iiinl I'barleii ; win le.ul lust his rllihn nirtiliiHt ConsiderinR the amount nf paper eurrencv at l.irre in the vorld, when money talks nowadays it is for publica tion. " l M ill ni m tilptoi-M for Infringement "I :i toillbslune ileHiKIl whleh he i n eli ,1 in n ,,-nii-ter-. 'I'be il.-mn wus of o iieruliar ityb'. nnil ..lion niter tlio errilion of the toinh-iioni' itnotber nppenr- il llimosl HKii It. Tim seuliuors snM rourt lliere.waM llotlllnB; obout Rwin mi.I'm mon,. to Inilirnto (hnt II bii.l le i n ronvriKhtotl, and Ihe jMi;e upli. la Hum. 'I'be eouiniittee believes Hint n tu on bi-ltlMK Is ffuxlble und i-all-umtes Unit It would yield nil 1111 liuul revunue of oiipi ONhimtely H'ri.tKHi.miii. Tn,. roinniltive'K re I'oit Bets out Ihe lollowiii); pro posaU; To levy nn ml valorem duty on till nilioilllts .stltki'd lis bets witli prot'es-sloual bookmallerM; to make the bookmaker responsible for payment of the duly: lo re nulri. every bookmaker to hold un exels,- Ileeuse, renew-ablo annually, Ihe lleense fe,. belllR leu pounds en) iiiinually; the ruto of the duly to lie .'J p,.r c,.,t ()f (he lllliotlllt staked. Morality Variable, Details or Ihe rorkiiiKS of the lax plan, however. 10!ie interest It- Ihe faee of eonnnents Inserted by tlie eoniiulltee. (In,, dlsrusses the morality of hotting;. What Is nml what Is nol Im moral rami remain a matter of iniUvMnul opinion and conscience rather than one capable of proof or or toslcal definition." the re port reads. "Hut i has been PI-ovihI that In the present state .' Iiublle opinion millions of per sons who bet r.Krd beltini; In no sense us either Immoral or sinful. Your commute,, thinks thai Ihe latter vlew s one that will appeal lo the vim majority of the people of this country nnd to the Inro-e majority of truly Christian men. Uoy ami Hint there is no moral ohjee st n Hon In Itself to the Mate Imposing: BIG BEN The Quality Clock sale. his a tax on betong. "The rommlttee Is driven to the conclusion thai In In only hy slate control that the evils of ht tlng can h. curtailed and modt Ihd. It believes that a tax on betting will go a conaidernhlo way to asslM In decreasing n. Home flermans re bginnlnR to UHcct that evasion Is about as unprofitable at Invasion, A Coffees Tor -c gentl tor iru prtU4 cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooqoooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo TI!Y Ol'H SPKCFAI. "a av. RSI'-K'T-l'.'f' i i I 40c Club Lunch riClOAY, I-'KB. 8, 1021 rt . ... .; clam Snup 1 Choln of JVIetl SalnuMi or Roast I'ork- .Mrt'-hed Potatoes V- ti-flvy Itrcail uml Itutter . Choice of Drink I'le - Ice Oenm XV. SMRVR ALL KI)S OP SALADS AM) .SAMVICIIi;S The Palace ooooooooooooooooooopoooooooooooooooooooooo OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO U Cl' Set .4 'From' Contented CouV ou ctm dilute the double rich contents of this can tmtH the fMrf bcttle over flows with pure milk II A , sA , Stone val may lock peec but ib as' staying jualitte5 You will have "staying qualities" if you have your money in a Sav ings Account. Fear takes away from man's capacity to enjoy life. Fear of losing; a posi tion, of sickness, of old age coming; on finding him unprepared. NOW is the time to dis pense with these fears. And while man has earn ing power is the time for Systematic Saving. We have worked out You'll find one that fits several helpful savings plans. your circumstances exactly. V2OUDD-REUaBlE-PRQ0RESSJVE There is no substitute for safety 'LOOK OVER OUR WANT ADS FOR BARGAINS A ......... ... ' - . . J. A