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THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Thursday, Fehruary 7, 1024.'
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La Grande Evening Observer
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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.
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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
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Stunning assortment of new Spring Wool
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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
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Choln of
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II A ,
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You will have "staying
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Fear takes away from
man's capacity to enjoy
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Fear of losing; a posi
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