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La Grande Evening Observer
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
published dully and weekly at
la. Orande, Oregon, by LaQrando
Brenlng Obaerver Publishing Com
pany. BRUCE DENNIS. Editor.
Entered at poatofflce at La Q-ando,
Ore., as Becond Class Mall Mutter.
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Words That Stick
On the streets of La Grande every day one hears manu
factured words which, while they are slang and cannot be
found in the dictionary, are
and; convey a certain meaning
However, very often someone attempts to pull a new
word that will represent some
does not stick but soon is
a newly coined word intended to confound the conscience
of -the lawless drinker to find a place in the language,
causes one to consider what quality it is in words that in
sures their survival. Anvono
win lemumuer mat sonic nicKiiaines woutu suck ana mat
others, apparently as appropriate, would not. So while
"scofflaw." according to a survey conducted by a New York
paper, is ignored by the great body of the people who de
termine tho fate of words, other slang as "skyscraper,"
"tightwad" and "highbrow" arc on everybody's tongue.
,lt is difficult to determine why one word is accepted
by the public which is the final jujlgo in such matters
and another is not. Hut it is clear that a word to bo suc
cessful in the struggle must be descriptive. The Chinese
say of one of their earlier sages that he "first gave names
lo plants and animals, and these names were so expressive,
that, by tho name of the thing it was known what it was."
While falling far below this ideal the whole history of the
. liquor industry has been recorded in expressive phrases.
The older terms "tangle-foot," "booze" and "fire-water"
are self-explaining while modern methods of manufacture
.-and distribution are noted in such words as "home-brewer,"
"rum-runner," "hi-jacker," and "bootlegger." The place
of sale was once expressed by "speak-easy," "hole-in-the-wall,"
and "blind-tiger," phrases that are dropping out
. of use. '
Since language has kept
of a nation-wide industry so
fait in eventually finding a word mthe bootlegger's custo
mer who makes the business profitable and therefore pos
sible. If these patrons of the "hootch peddler" were to be
known collectively they might be called the "suicide club."
But when the mime appears
allied forth by a prize. It
where and will be accepted on its merits, not on its adver
tised 'claims. "Spcak-casy" is said to be of FiUsburgl
mintage but, like all other such words, it would be impos
sible to tell who first used it.
' Sevcn billions more cigarettes were consumed in 11)133
than in the previous year and the increase is laid to women.
The old story.
"Bootleggers enter government buildings in Washing
ton to solicit trade." We were under the impression that
tho patrons did the hunting.
"Why People Stay Away i"rom Chinch" is a headline.
We imagine it is due to inability to play golf and go to
church at the same time.
5 PRINT
ELIGIBLE LIST
n,
Girls in Missouri Arc.
. t ti. 1 xt
Given Lift by Ncwsija-j
tipin; I JoVJLSt.'ltilltT
JJaelieloi' hanks.
(ly .laeli ( cjnar) j
ST. I AH ' IS, (INS) - It looh 111c
a nuecerrilul leap car III Mistourl1
Ihi i year. ,
The rural pre:-') of the Stale has'
COtily to the tiiipport of Missouri I
rirlH to make t ho r.t"4 eampalii
the mont dtiidly In tlie raulcs of ,
OllKlhll htlehelor.'. 1
To help (he e.ood i au: e t,r ('n.t' wrin
ptd along, the nver ehivnlious "''H '
country eilitor. of Mlouri h:if
proposed tho publishing or lists ol
eligible mules niilVMeil by honi
I'eK.. NHtif of tlie Hcrllies Imve'
even, golie no far as to nu:;t;.-M
piinling of photographa of Iho
eligible.-.
The help of the pre:; In throw
ing thn KpolltKht on all the malrt
monial slaeker:.'' and to smmvIi
lug out tlHtse "wllltng but timid'
has met with ciiiluisiaMtc re-ep-tion
Ity the liiir oiu-t. The editor
rpr they ,v( pud no ir,.nb)e
In getting junbttinici fi(lr hilperi
u comime Mieh PM.i.
The rinrin
(.,,.., , . . , - 1
(iirn;:. m m-ih-
. Niaiiro 1 i,t 1:1 t-it -
lug. 1 tlortn ha:
ubott.
a population
of
liil Of
The editor puhllshcl
fllirihb. iiil.. ... ,
havo be.-,, ,-., . . . ii .
c i en n h I "
ot w-wrai o ng women), under ,
tfu staled "S UW tlU! Ar
, ,
To those who may be Interest. 1
ed and uit.au busmeaa the Ai - i
. ....
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CITY AND COUNT! OFFICIAL
PAPER
DlEAlllEK ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tht Associated Press Is exclu
sively entitled to use for publica
tion of all news dispatches credited
to It or not otherwlso credited In
published therein. All rights of re
publication of special dlsputchos
this papor, and also the local news
heroin also are reserved.
Trust In tho Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. Proverbs 3:5.
nevertheless apparently lasting
that the public understands,
certain phase of life and it
loste The apparent failure of
vvTin vocalls his sr.honldiivs
pace with tho varying phases
far it is not likely that it will
it will probably not be one
will como apparently from no-
I Mis will furnish photographs and
I other driilH In order thai the ol
I f rings may he Intelligently ap
j 1. ruined. I tut merely curioim peo-
Ui will nut ho accommodated.
j i iuh is a Herinus proposition "im
Iihm to do with the future welfare
; oi the tow n.
I "Should wedding chimes follow
I uny of these ptildtc-splrlted efforts
(the Argus agrees to havo a good
photograph made or uw nappy
I couple in Hurh a pko as may np-
,., ,,., ,.,, , m,ii ,i,
' !"'--hiti-(k:r,'l vo.viiku (in whlfli
j they are emharklng. l-'roin thlH
photo an engraving will he made
nd I rinlrd with the story oD the
happy event. Itut In order not to
m rerowd It.) oranue-hlossom de
partment tho Arumi has fixed a
nito of eent:i per for thone out
Mldo who wl:h their names added
t(i I lui ltM of thoiio 'Kuger and
Willie.'."
Nol lo 1m outdone by the Ar
tu( In helping Ihetr' loeul ,,hells"
a weddhli; t line out of
p eur, other papers In
S'atn followed Milt. (I
'hey teiin-.i (imln might
: "int' eligible mil h.i. )
rhuiis
they teutv.l (iorln might Kteai
The Slielb illr llernld of Shel -
,i'llle, Mielhy County (a town
with 7io population), blossomed
j ti.r'b w'U- Hut offer:
"Sheb vlllo has a goodly num
ber nl old maids and Widow:', and
M minht be well for snmenutt here
" i pnie a II I of the 'shv, tin- 1 band alone; a dam lug wife and
ft Me red males' nf ,s locality for a lion -I ineillg pit band, a pool-ll-et,.
i.eneiM. I( wouldn't do for . ha! ho: ban. 1 aiel a knitting wif-.
(b rio loll,-! t- come in here and ' a r.M-dlv hu iband and an exfra
t'lko away come of on boys. j wgant wife, a c.-ciiau hu :ban I
"Yhi:; s Leap Year. And some- and no I it v. Hid ir." ,.t-e i.ir.e nr
inui" ihh.i i... .1...... . . 1
f 1 ,im-. I lie MITIIHI
in- MMiiri
.i
anxious
aid nit those
; re-king wedlock, and Kecorder
ff. Threlk'ld has n nl new'
IllneU i.f n.nf.l 11.
in. (- iiiiiniy
. ' 1 lnJ'n,',n with
lh" ",n,M l""Pared to ten
der the greatest service for man-
'imUrt ,h" ''.ted-the
Pta( hes need Jihc. money, an I
.(, l,,,,, c,iBlbltfJ m.eJ cmu.
- .iaiua - diip."
OFFICE CAT
TRAOK MARK
BY JUNIUS
WHAT Mil'. VOL' lOI(. '
ilOONl, fUKi (111 W'H'ltl hoi)'ji
witli you: knock mxl ii'i'i on Urn
shelf: for I lip world m-lii nick of
the one wlm kick unit wi-ilvt
he'd kick hlmwlf.
Another good way to wiw hi t'
makd niort imncy than you can
conveniently Hpeml.
It Ih an art of HiilesmanHhip that
really keejj:! u I Hour.
AMITIIM. WAV TO MAKU
AN ASM Ol' A MAN' IS TO IN
TI'ltVllAV HIM AM) l,l"l' NA
Tl UK TAKK ITS l ItSK.
Many a iimn thlnloj he Is over
worked Just ln'ratixe ,(, takes all
day to do u 3-liour Job.
tim
nt'H a tlniggl.Nt In every town
Will, a pretty storj
When a ciiH'omer comes around,
It nee.1 thJigi galore;
TIiIh man'H alwayH out,
Hiully thru hh hIicIvch he'll jaunt
Then yor.'ll hear him shout.
t'Juirtis,
Yes, We tin a no ('astoria,
Wn have no more Taulao today.
Them's I 'Into, l?ni;m'iitlnu and
K : i.r.-:
And J.yiiol a;it l,ydia IMnkliam's
loo.
We've got hojui; old-rationed
sena.
Catnip and luiina, hut
Yenf Wo havo no more .Swamp
Hoot,
Wo have no I'eruna today.
I'lnuliieers t:y (lie White Huiim
Ik iimafe. ,hi, i tlxi Kime, pmspec
livu leiiaiilii juo 'ry numerous.
Home men who are never nhlo
to cave a tent think If they only taste had better check up on them
had a few dollars to y,ml with it selves and not pat themselves on
would he vaay to ai-cuiuulalt) a the back just because they had the
fortune.
Khhliig wmf. (;et xi uany
wbciv, (hat In, nnlesH on hupm-ii
lie bo a chorus ulrl.
,,llt!l ,Njl(Jllld
luiieed.
hfii-d, not
Mm: will lie a happier world
when tho nidieals learn to smile
Trouble with Homo folks in that
tl.i.v i.-t n... .
mva aom- in the but no.
JO
Denver Court Attache's
Position Is to Fix Up
Fiprhls Between Wife
and Spouse.
Hy rl. hae Daii'.O
lKNVi:U, (INS) -- Ueipiltim;
(he wisdom ol' ii Solomon and Hie
patiene
of a Jb. Harry liufiner,
ehief of the douii'tlle relations ( .
part men t of .ludgo len Mimey'.
.luveiiilc Couit. here, performs a
Meri-uhan task In handling (he
troubles and domest ic rtnvs of
thousand.! o." roll pie;;- who tu-vk
means to prevent, 'disruption of!
Ui i- holne.
In suhmlltini; hit euutial re.
port lo the c MTl for th'i las'. y--ar
, liuiTner enumerated tie- following
activities:
la.sn eonrrreneei with trou
bled liu.:bandH ti in t wive.'.
(MM II telephone calls, rereived.
Il.tl'O (eliphimo t-alh;. made
form ofl'lec.
Wroto 7tS lelter i atioul eom
phiiutK. Mado 7 Mi visit.; t(J broken
homi .
Listened to V,'i family rows.
I learit ".S coinplatnt:i about
non-support.
lizard lice complaint.; about
children thn! wetv dependent.
Al'feeted S"T reeoiu-l liallons liet-we-'p
husband and wife.
Colieeled f t .'.ie. L'. 7 support
money from on Will in?: husbands
for ip-edy wi e i.
While Kim'ner de.-Iares that
fallur' ti rotworm lo (he "(Jospcl
of the Lord" ':i the fundamental
....
use for mo. broken hennes. lie
j noihitalns llutt b.-liind mueh of
'th
iniMianoti n-:iuiting In lamllv
rows v re t In- "star boarder" I he
nu'nuiphlh and mot her -in-law.
VA star buard-T. a mother-in.
law. an n nl nmb b- that t:; eating
up the fiHiiilx income (Hit eonttib-
nling to the
pbnure ( the bus-
ine t i e 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1 ' -i ( UIH 1(111(11'
llie COIMO'llill
as be lir responsible tin ln-i-.-iklinr
up fnmt'iea.
liurimr reoorb-d however that
, . . ' ...
in nome i are olien OUIll
upon Irnalitb-.. A babv'w lavette,
tn one Mart,,, a r.imliv row
thai took on the as, ts o. a feud
tlnory ,hat mairtaue 1.:
proposition. "U is an arrance.
h. f.;lv. .. v
. ,...,n . . , .
c-'l tciall; uiut;;.! tarry about 7a
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
per cent of tho family burdena
and grlcfa."
ltuffner recommended that men
found guilty of no n -support
which Is one of the chief contrib
uting causi-a of unhapplnow
should be sentenced to jail and
advocated a "workhouse1 for the-non-BupportiT,
where he could
earn money for his family.
''How long, he appeals, "must
wo wait for a workhoune where
wlfe-heiitprs, non-Hupportcrs and
di-wrterH can pound rock at a dol
lnr or two per day for the keep
! of their wives and little ones?"
THE OPEN
COURT
fOHIIIJSI'ONIlKNTS MUST
M IIMIT THl:llt NAMKKTO
Till; I MTOIt IT TIIKV DK-
hiiiio i,i:rri:its printkii.
"i(ov nitowH."
To tho Kdllor: Your edltorinl
In regard what tnsto people have
for their own certain playa being
tneir privilege la very timely and
tRfainyinK.
I There Iiuh been a lot of unnccea-
'nary and uncalled for comment on
tho tHHlts of the majority becuust
t hey have not putront vd certain
I playtt.
i I Iovm grand opera and have nl
iwayn attended when I lived where
,it was played, and any good musi
cal treat I never, want to pass by,
ill' the circumstances will permit. A
few musical t routs here I failed to
attend because of slckm-
and for
1'eur of disturbing others, as well
as tho musicians, with a persistent
cough,
I know of others who - did not
attend on account of finances, as
where several In the family attend
it ineuns a pull on some pocket -honlis,
hut It was not because they
were "low brow," as some "low
brows' prefer to call them.
One does not have to have a
full pockethook to bo a "high
brow," as sometimes the slim ones
come from the pure aristocracy,
and the full ones mitto the reverse.
It is very unfair, as you say, in
making such comments, ns for In
stance one day we may be in the
mood for a Hill Mart type of pluy.
mid the next day for heavy drama,
ami one UHtially likes to please the
mood, as from Ihut we get our en-
(Joyment out of life, and when a
person or persons taito i no issi
couple of dollars they own to make
a "showing," they use mighty poor
Judgment, so people who remark
on some nersons seeming lack of
price, for It means nothing as far
as "high brow" or "low brow" Is
concerned, as they wish lo term It.
J. C. It.
One Executed by Gas
In Carson, Nev. Today
(Continued from page 1)
traveled to tho WCHt. HiH rlco bags
were stocked. Ilut there, on the
northern teppca of China, where
wolves howled und death Blulked
near, he larked not only water,
but fuel and fire. And so Wong,
who hud left his homo hi tho
Weft to marry near tho sen,
chanced to po.ss. Kin water jugs
upon his shoulders were full.
"If we had hut fuel and flro we
might eat.' each said. And then
cauio Young from the North, who
carried fire In hla torch; Woo
from tho South, who hud brought
fuel.
In the morning tho four part
id. "Four brothers are we," each
wild, und pledged undying loyalty
even unto death so long an ever
a Kec, a Wong, u Woo and a
Young mightlive.
Reeause of that another man
must at the Slate's Prison here
j ,ollliy"" aa 1,0 other man has
(ee Jon, Chinese tongman, 011
emy of tho four Brothers, wi 1
lun his life snuffed out by lethal
gas Nevada's newest method of
inilktlng the traditional law of
"an eye for an eye" for murder.
Ueo Jon belonged to tho Mop
Hin long, so did Hughie Sing,
Sing wa i a mere boy 21. Geo
Jon was older 31. "1 had to obey
he ordered me to In the name of
the Tong." Hughlo Sing, born In
America, told authorities after the
body of Toni Xuong Kee, Kour
Brother, of Mina, Nevada, whs
found in a pool of blood, where It
had been left by his slayers on
August 27. lj)2t.
Neither tleo Jon nor Hughie
Wing knew they were making
while, man's history then.
But this pair of Orientals were
the first to be convicted of mur
der siiu-e the passage of Nevada's
"humane death law" tho exact
Imr of Urn death penalty by lethal
For Sale!
I ive-rooin modern
$;i,MMUin; terms.
I'Tve-room modern house.
$:7M.n(i; jiip.oo lush. $4lt
per month.
L. S. Weeks
lU'nllor
New 1'oliy Uulldlng.
I
1
THE OLD HOME TOWN
V'"
SX Dec Pills eucy passe o
HUTCMinS MOMS HE tNCOUMXCICTD A
BLACK CAT IT UVTE2 "TUI5NCC
I.Ot Tc SB A SIEGUL.t HOUSE
gar.
Geo Jon must die hoiu lime to
day between noon and midnight,
rfing'd nentenco haa been commu
ted tp life Imprisonment.
Tho execution of Jon today will
attract the cyers of (ho nation.
C'arrlud from his death cell
Jon haa done nothing but He
dreaming on his bunk since his
arrest ho will he placed in the
dcath-houso and laid upon -a cot.
The deuth-honwe haa been built
for thin test. It' fs a s'ono room,
once tho prison barber shop, sevon
feet square and eight fuet high. A
Kinglo frlOHii window marks tho
side?. The door will bo scaled with
plosler, onco Jon is placed in
side. Outside, will bo the tank of
lethal gas. At tho command of
the warden HiIm will bo turned on.
A pipe will carry tho death fumes
through tho floor. A moment
later Jon should bo dead. Three
observers will stand outside the
window tho witnesses for the,
law.
"Cius aliesame lope or ahootem
gun m no wolly," Is Jon's only
comment.
Officials declare Jon Is a "bad
Chinaman." His ami Sing's killing
of Kpq dales back, officials de
clare, to tho To air wars of San
Jobo and Wan Francisco, -Cal., In
1!17. Kee, It Is believed, knew
something of tho death of certain
members of the Mop Sings, l-'or
this reason ho himself was slain.
Whether tho lethal gas deaths
will provo the humane law Nevada
law makers believe is not known.
Precautions ,havo been taken to
keep any of the gas from escap
ing and killing the, official oh-'
servers outsldo the death window.
Tho State experienced difficulty
in finding ti supply of the death
gas. When found in Los Angeles
railroads refused to transport It.
A trip by motor tmek had to be
What DESSERT Will You Have For That
Valentine Party
HEART CENTER BRICK
ICE CREABI
A heart in every slice
Blue Mi. Creamery
Main GO
Wear
Rubbers
Shoes and doctor's bills are too expensive -for
you to spoil your shoes and undermine your
health through needless, careless expense.
Wear rubbers. Protect both shoes and health.
Have both sandals and storm rubbers, so that
you can change from one to the oilier as oc
casion demands.
Prices 7oe to $1.-1.3
The Bootery Inc.
206 Depot Street Phone Main 1 IS
"A Paradise for Tiicd I'cot"
Home of the Arch-Aid Shoe
GKOYER SMITH, Mr.
By Stanley
fm-'io WCrW v i- '
I I k'tCKiVi Jit 1 Jt
WILL SLECC 1 "
VI . i' r- I t1.
K ITS.-' ' r,
the ol&
COT
CAT-
mado with the tanks.
Should Jon die, instantly ami
without apparent rui'leYing the
law, it l.i believed, may bo extend
ed to other States, prison officials
of which havo written authorities
here asking for report 3 on the first
experiment. ;
M'ADOO TO
TESTIFY
TOMORROW
(Continued from page 1)
clnlr. J
Honfels entered into the emit met
with Stack to help him enforce his
rights. He explains how fUMi.oM;
(Paid by Sinclair in settlement had
(been divided between him :iud Ii'k
; partners In the deal with Slack.
BUSINESS MAN
I SINGS PRAISES
j "I surf-red for years with stom
aeh troubles and gas con I i dually.
Doctors thought I hud stomach
ulcers or cancer, After hint at
tack they advised going lo Ro
chester. Minn., for an operation.
A frb-nd advised trying" Mayi's
Wonderful Remedy, which I did,
and I cannot sing it a praises, loo
highly, ns I can now eat anything
and every! hfng." It is a simple,
harmless preparation that re
moves t '-o cat a rrhal mucus f mm
the 'Intestinal tract and allavs
t he inflammation which causes
practically all stomueh, liver ami
Intestinal.' ailments, including ap
pendicitis. Unit dose will con
vince or money refunded. At all
Druggists. -Adv.
J . .
' February 1 Hh. is last day to pay
voter rent without p'-ivlly. '2-7-'M
1
R. F. TYLER, Prop.
La Grande, Ore. 1109 Wash.
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Here is the Blouse that you have been want-i."
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son. We have them for
$2.40, $2.50, $3.25 $3.50
and $3.75
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Attractive assortment of new Fitrite Silk
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soooooooooooooooooooo
New Spring Things Arriving
Daily
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cars - Trucks' - Tractors
PERKINS m6T0R CO.
1 '
iouble
-Richness
GROCER 1mU
"a
may lock peec
but it qs
sia-jn tjualities
Bo! tied Mill
atlas cost
I
There, j is. lip subfrUUite: for "safety
Friday, February S, 1021. i
the
of
VTeipa
onfynvM
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 SystcmaticSaving.
We have worked out
You'll find one that fits
several helpful savings
plans.
your circumstances exactly.
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