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Saturday, March 1. 102-1. ' PAGE FOUR THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER - ' :. La Grande Evening Observer - Published dully and wsokly ot Orande, Oregon, by LaOrando Ercnlnf Oniarvi; Publishing Com pny. BnUCI3 pRNNftt, EiIHop. Entered nt postofftce at ha O ramie, Or M Second Claaa Matt Matter. On ate tn other cltle Ort-Kou Hotel New Brand. Portland; Im perial Nffwa Stand, Portland; Mult nomah New Htand. Portland. Add rest all corariiuiik'atlona to TUB OUHKltVKlt. 141 tJ Adams, At, La Orootfa. Oregon. By durter Pally, per uiuuta 7So Dally lr throe tnontlia $".25 Dally per alx uio., In advance, $4.r0 D fly. altiu mpy fic lly Mall i Dally, pnr month ....6n I Dully, threw mo,, In advance, $1.26 j I'ujly, alx wo In advance... ja. GO i MARKETING ' MUST HAVE ATTENTION (Continued from pajro 1) THE OLD HOME TOWN Dally. w yur. In udvanoa....6.0t VITV AMI! COUNTY OITKJIAL 1AJKK ccnlcr. Missouri hnn load and zino IniereNls; Kansas rovers lano pi I rah it in pokKh; Nebraska 1m funiiiMTciiilliiiK her potash and (l:iy: while Hld and silver nrn ho- It.K inind In Mouth lukota. North : luikoia haj, vust rt-xi-rwn of low j tO'inln II1 uminuHfl c'Jal that will toiuu dfiy he untile rofiimerelully ft f.s nii"trMit thut MKMUKK ASNOCIATi;i I'llKKS The AunoRiatud I'ubs In exclu sively entitled to use for publica tion of ail nwn diaputcbua credited to it or not otherwise credited In 1 prorhnhle. published tlmruln. Ail rights of rn- . i hen(, .states are ffriuJually heroin pubMcullou or special dtsputuhoa ! Ini; more self contained and aro thla paper, and. I so (ho local now ' huildiiiK up 11 tfroup of little coin he ruin ulso are reserved. I im-roiul empire. 1 'Turning to the .ourn-nl busl- KKAIt THK UHI, AND H K It V 15 nous xitunllon," continued Mr. Unjust Accusation III.M IN TIll'TII WITH ALL I Hnlmn, "I find Iowa and Missouri Voi'lt IIKAItT: !'( t H '(iNHIIKK b'lulinK this group wllh u Kuln of ll() CIliKA.T TIIINCK UK IIATIL - l"T rent over lust year. South m.; i-'ujt vul. --- i.huiiiik'I 1 2 : -i . ! Hnkoia follow with a uuin of 1 j I)jr r(-n( nv(.r business us it exist - . nl twelve inonHiH uko. Minnf.Huta I on i In- other hand. shows a loss j f 2 per cent : Nori li I mkoia a j Iohh of 3 prr cent; Kuiimum a Iosm The dismissul of the indictment agninst llenedict Cn)w-'of u i,H' M'nl: 11,1,1 NiruHka mowi . . , , , , ... , 'f U per cmt coinpuri'd wllh a e'l and othei'8, in wnicn iney were charged with irauds s y.ap UKO, . ruo din icuity in North against the government in connection with the building ! ",lk"l)l ' " the iinam iui sii.m- " , . , . ".lion while KiwiHaH M Hiiflt'rini? of army cantonments, is a timely warning against hasty j from inm-iiw tendi-nrhs in tin- oil assumption of guilt upon the part of public officials when-, ,irMft. ,l' nr" r,,H- "roun .hps. , . . , I:"d cirtaln fiiriail innt of imiUI- ever they are charged with conspiracy or fraud. inr. Thfr fumu-rH in this --ion , tMr. Crqwell was assistant secretary; of war, and has ! ftuM "u hm? Th" always had an honorable name. In the excitement of tho ! wh at t,-r.wT put about u i r pursuit of war frauds he was included in a list of persona 1 "Jy 'Xtrat Vur!ViH-n..r',lhi susjxjcted of entering into a conspiracy to defraud the gov- j ?--r i riMK in mind that ernment. A grand jury, indulging in suspicions and jump-j "r7j 'o 1 "hi" ing at conclusions without evidence before it, found the j i;aiwinrhrt. today ntan-is at a indictment and the accused men had no chance to defend ; J -l' n i r ' ! ' V-Vi'o n i" ' t 1 i Vu themselves. ja b intf v-ry far out of iw." N,, That indictment was recklessly found, and the mem- Mr, nnixon- wu'h nski-d why bers of the grand jury inexcusably misused their poweu WUH w nmrh oinpiainin ...... 7 rr-i ; ,, ion tin- part of Hiohh Htntea and to besmirch innocent men. The jurymen gave way to the Pllrti-uiany on tin- pnrt.r th.-iv mob spirit that seeks to lynch its victims without asking i K,l,l,,,un"- Ml' r4 ,1,U tJ ,1,ut ,, ,.. . , dflTh'uJty i lurncly a problem in whether they are guilty or innocent I diMi.ibation ami in.n it win have Justice lloehling, after an exhaustive study of this ! H0,v,,rt ln th, ""ijn . ... ... . , . ruthuf I hun tn Ihu prodnctlnn case, m a review which fills 40 pages, has exonerated the fei.i. indicted men and dismissed the charge against them. 1 lis : "u H " n,ut f'n.iamentany , i t. (bean west rn iate art itelter off pumming up is conclusive. It sweeps away the mass oi ! (oll!iy . ,,,., (.V(.P hefore. Their ifinnnTtfln ntwl iKiiMnininn u'hifh iho crrjiiirl inrv lisnrl n eropii nr., morn divfrnliled; Ihey So far as the courts of law are the basis of its charge. concerned,' JMr. Crowell and the others indicted with him pre as innocent as if they had never been indicted. ' . But the fact remains that injustice was done to these innocent men. Their names were stained and their fami lies were subjected to humiliation and shame. It was an outrage that the grand jury should have succumbed to the molTBpirit. The history of this case furnishes a warning against taking snap judgment in times of popular excite urn con I inn Inj; In ma nu fad urn u uri'Utrr variety of h'OoHk anil they ;iru um-i it i u I til In k more cupitul. The una wealc point in the situa tion. If there Ih one, 118 In tho ln atiillty Oi tteellop to imarket it:i proilurin on a satisfactory bnHiit, ulllioiiijh thlc mum) crltlel.Hiu may be applied to miverul other Hec tlont; oi' the country an well.' Th present uy 1 ertiH uru not operating effectively and I thoroughly be. Ili-vo that the difficulty run be rerueilted bj working nlonc tbo Mutt MiKKested by 1 Dim four bnsiii prluelpleM of in f r c li a n illsintf, ; .whlcii may bo outlined briefly un loll own: "I. An exceKHlvo . supply of any ftXtoiluel, elllU'A alaui;uttureilH-tir-uKTlculturnj, lendH to lower lit' price. I'eoplo ln OiIh Hocllon havo rhviirPd that If inu ncret ot land would yieiii a certain Inconio Itmt 2mi arret) would yield twice ai inueh. TIi In may lie trim in 11 v.-i Idual instaiireti but when every j farmer doubh'ti hi.'i product Ion or wlieu nil furmern coneeiilral u on u Mln.'ile crop und, I herel'ore, in VrctiNn lt.-t product ion materially, wo flll'l that more hun Iteen nibicd than the imirket ran easily absorb und the excessive supply tends to drive down the price. A co-operative movement may ho of preiil assistance In MteudyttiK market de maiuls and estimating the iiau tlty of production livery farmer und every fruit grower should support siirli a work If ho lias the opportunity to do no. It in prob-uhh- that wit bin a few years wr uhall huvn ulntlsJicH upon which we may detcrmluo tlitt approxl male fulure liemand for any jrtven proiluet a"d the probable protluc tion under Pxlstlng clrcitniHlnncnN. The farmer will I In n be able to proceed much more Intelligent ly in IiIm production than at present. '"J. The customer must bo Klv- cn I he product he wants, not the product we happen to want to make or raise for him. Whenever production does nol follow a pop ular demand but branches off and ereais somei hlng alter liti own fancy, nn lncreasid amount retiiilred lo marki't these good. The expens0 of ill- j tribntum under such cln-itmstan-i ces ordinarily eats up tho profit j j of the transaction and leaves tin , producer wher,, ho wna when lie i There is ai H,ur',,d. .There Ih no reason why' direct chnlluinriiiff of this h.tior principle in a sUvtemont Z fr"" I nude by the iiiitluir of tho lull in .ini'stum. "A ct'iisoiship luiin-". mn irups ri...ui i.. o.-t . y . ; . . - Edison And The Flapper ; Thomus A. Edison approves the f tapper, and why not? She is partly a product of Kdisonism. The contrihutions of the "Wizard" to the motion picture and the phonograph and light developments give him at least a claim to u Entire in the credit for the flapper, for the screen is the source of many of her notions and the phonographic disc carries' music to which her-toes tingle and the lights enable her to turn night into day. So the "Wizard" owes it to the tapper to be her champion. Nor does he tell her any thing she doesn't know when he says that she is all right. (The flapper knows that she generally plays a winning hand when some one else holds it. She knows that elders who criticize her were themselves criticized by their elders, and therefore she takes their criticism with tho proper Kinin of salt. She will accept Air. Edison's approval as justly due. By Stanley, III in? f 1o,ri52t iVa-t y y.r Jt,pfD , mm &SOUIMTV SOLCATHea. u&MONSTATEO j TOOM THAT HE CAN PuT Mi5 COI-UAC AND SAVIfld COriSlPEftAeuE TME rt A YEAR, : ,'P Morrow I'ss, "4. Ah little borrowing as pos aible iustea'd ol a;t much iuh pos sible, interest churgeH constitute a lived bimbo that must nol he any large,- then h ahHolnetly ne-c-(sary .'f lh tanner or businemi man ii to progn-rei a.l hit should. I an-, in favor of all legislation mukin it eiiav" for Ihn rarmeni ami fruit growera lo extend llieiir pr.-sen. loans o us to avoid fore closure, but I am very fi-url'ui of tin. reMilt oi' making it easy fo any peoie to iorrow more mon ey, i bHIeve that I liu Inderal 'arm I xmn Hitnkti and the oilier 'ciiru all' cl)LmeH are ultimately going to get t be faruu-rti Into a. lot of trouble if I hoy ure not ad ministered wllh ext i-einu cuution. Too much money has been bor rowed ,ln lhi, past to lit) put into non-productive t lilngs. 1'arrni-rs have speculated too much In land, and. In their case, If I may para phrase the Itlble li Ih literally true .that 'borrowed money Ih. tin root of all evil. Owing lo tho demand by wealthy interest 8 lor non-tuxnblo securities, Hiates, cit ies, towns, and couulry school dls trlclH are today beluK encounig-1 lo net into debt to an ularmlng extent. Thf, farmer;. real friend, In thf meantime, is lie who helps lo get our ririii community out of debt Instead of lie who helps t ge; them further Into debt. fif-am." nt vised tbi Judge, "iliat will slop your ti-oublt-. It i bills (tie vik-iiI i liords and puis liieni la ur ilcr." II did. " PRESENTS. . The First Advance Sale of . Newest Spring Silk Dresses for) "THE L AR GER , WO MAN' I I t There are a number of indep. n . dent citizens who want to learn tin rub h, so they run break them. j I'erbaps (be rou-oii I bo wlfo Is I tolled (hi hetici half Is because site ; lv iho niosi expensive huh ami I HOrlh more. A man who was lecturing on Ihej 'importance of women's work said. 1 '"Take women out of society, uiu) I i what would follow ?" "1 would," I said a man in the audience II will probably never ho def initely settled just wIh-ii iiihldio ac ! begin ami ends. : ; Plenty Of Them The bill introduced in the house at Washington to provide a federal moving picture commission with censor ship powers over all film entered in interstate commerce is not likely to have smooth sailing. " In the first place, there are censors enough in the stales, and if thev are not domir their dutv there won d be no "r -ifn t more likelihood of federal officers doing better. In the second place, we must not ignore the fundamental principle of pur dual government that in the regulation of ordinary- affairs in their lives the states are supreme OFFICE CAT T I Ail K MkflH BY JUNIUS Judo Johnson, who lias been ar rested thirty-two times in the last five yenrs. thinks it Is because in is poor. Hut tho fuel Is. dude was arnste.d because he Is a poor citizen. Tho gentleman in a toupeo would ' ! bo surprised to learn how observing ' J people aro. j j Many a young couple ngrco to I j nturry, and Ihal's the last thint; thoy agreo upon. If you aro doing good work, don't worry. Homebody will find It out. One reason, perhaps, why the uu- jloniobllo. has become so popular is jthut it gives tho driver more oppor tunities to kill or malm I ban did Old Dobbin. ' ' In this wonderful land of onnor- itlinilv ninst nnv doir ninv irrow in J to be the president's. "That's the end of my line," aabl tho I, a Cirande wash woman, as she filled (he last vacant spol. Skirts were long, und now they're short. With quite a downward trend; 'Tvvould seem they take the mbb-d cloth Off of 1 lie other ond. Atvordlng lo an cvilianjio. an ndoi-ncy argiiliiK a cai hi court was suffcrtnif from a seviiv aiiuck of blceongtis. "(o mil and cat a plalo nf lee lHhor W.in TMk l.ysnl l-'lfjit., 'I'o Idvn Afur Visionlng: Italio's Fnto. ATKAN'TA, Cia. ( INK) Tt wan only after Mrs. l-Mna I toed, is-year-old wife, or this cily, had peeped Into the mirror of death and saw reflected there the life her year-old baby faced in t ho world, without a mother, that she wanted to livo again. I,tfe had grown "disgusting, un bearable, a drudgery and hard ship" for ' her. She. ntttlm'pted suicide by drinking lysol. Lying on the brink Of death, she ! regained consciousness for a mo- ; n:ent. thought of her child thenj It was that she pleaded with phy- I slelaim to save her life, to spare P : for her child. Now she is well again and back j home. j "I am verv hannv." slio said to.' (day, for 1 am planning u new lit' of scrvica for my child." " Arcade Monday, "The Hrass llot Mo." S-1-lt mined stal iHlirally in advance. I Mien the farmer would be aide to fill an order instead of growing : something and hoping to find . a customer for it after he lias ill harvested. j "H. Tlui desired goods must be ) got to the consumer uulekU ami cheaply. This can best be accom. plished by employing t he distri buting . machinery afforded by modern advei-ttsing and merchan dising developments. The case of the California fruit growers creat ing i national and continual dr. : maud for their products thru mo- law that may be satisfactory in one state is not satisfac tory in another," he says, "and hence it would be better if the pictures were under federal regulation.' ' Keeping in mind that the object of every state censor ship of the movies is as lofty as that of the federal govern ment could be, and that differences in judgment are just matters of opinion, it is the right of a state to have pic tures its censors regard as fit irrespective of what tlv censors of any other state may say. The average individual ! Mid the ,great majority of the country must be recognized it.iiutmi i ,:. :ui ..r ,'...i ..i " "" ""J vmu. .... ,m juw.i.i ii ai.-Mi uiunv ui.-rii meivliandtsing motliuds h,l long way toward - Milviug the dlfileult tes of oi her producers. Muring the last twenty) year the fortunes hae been -made b int roduciii." iUautity pro- diH tion methods Into thti maun I faetnring indiiMtry. The former has been at n distinct dlsadvan tag In this r;tee due to hbi natur al limit ul ions. He cannot hurry his crops, even though he can em ploy the latest machinery und la bor saving devices doing the work on his farm. I Hiring tln not twenty year 1 hiii tliorouiibly convinced that the huge rewards will be found in the fields of mar ketim: und distribution. In thin connect Ion tho farmer 1 1 on mi evep footinn will: every olhe producer and there Is no reason Why he should not benefit ;il much as anyone el aj in the devel opment of more effective means of getting goods from the prndue t r lo the consumer. I recognized. Tho federal government has enough to look ' after as it is, enough trouble on its hands, without turning itself into a Cato the Censor on tho amusements of the people in tlie states, .There are enough censors now. isserts in the v " The glory of Tom Mix will now wane, for he that he lias been flogged by a gang. Kvery bov country uflcr seeing Tom Mix on the screen thought lie tould lick any gang before breakfast and then a half dozen towns up for lunch. Poor Tom, how the mighty fall. fc Haler has organized a new society named the "Uinki riinks." The piysterics of this order probably encompass some advanced jazz which has not yet been given to the gen'eil public. All the World Isn't a Stage Some of it is a Work Bench. our won; is JTere your people are here Vvour every interest Is here so long as i'iyp you 1,10 a e"yn sy VrT' YoJ want toAR Ia : lirLi. 'J I I prosper, vju aro Intel b4 Orande restetl iooIs, cfiurches. enterprises and icnt. The home- is also Interested o things. wouldn't wo ALL bo job together"! your money tn tho IZ GKAXPK NATIONAL HANK wheirt it can help U Oruiido tnsteud of some oth er town. ' Jl - SUb to Siz.es MX 1AYh iiW3 ? we are ottering' new values tnat yn I li 1 1 . '' no: economically; minded .woman j QJ,.can..to.foregoat 1 HI kliSf J $35 to $53.75 Fashioned ' of 'silkUantonsi both - beaded and tailored, laces, georg' i ette trimmed combinations with dainty t up'tO'the-minutetouches . acclaiming thcir newness skiUV; . fully making'every lineandjdetail , contributeto their charming1, ; slen'derizing effects. c f' " ln the eightmodels'illustrated are somecopies of Paris imports made especially for this sale by : a , maker ! nationally famous for ' l his high character ifrocksfor. . Larger Women in all a glorious array of newest Spring silk dresTes that definitely presage the vogue of the coming Spring. COLORS: Navy,rBlackLandi Cocoa El Saturday Night, March 8th. T 0w Kg he Black Cat Will celebrate its first week in M M In- irivinir cman riitlnnim- n 1 B9 4 KM Come in and let us tell you about it, VJQUDD -RELIABLE PROGRESSIVE- Tlscre is no substitute for sifety Sec Our Window Display ill f a If ill lfusineag f ? 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