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PAGE FOUR
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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O COMK, lot us worship and bow down; let us Itneul
i beforo tho Lord our Maker. For he Is our God; and wo are
I the peoplo of his pasture. Psalm 06:0, 7.
TTje Nations Loss
At the end of an heroic fight, one that continued un-
alwted for five days with a number of the most learned
Ijysiciana and surgeons throwing their utmost efforts into
the battle, Calvin Coolidge, Jr., the .younger son of Presi
dent and. Jlrs. Calvin Coolidge, joined "tho , innumerable
caravan which marches to that mysterious realm where
eaih shall take his chamber in the silent halls of Death."
!! Hoping against hope, retaining a' courageous attitude
UBi.il the lust, young, Coolidge's , father and , mother were
iiljjhis bedside when the spirit of the sixteen-year-old lad
wjs wafted away. ,' With his parents in spirit America's
rrrtjny millions also kept' vigil and today, as the While
House mourns, so mourns the nation; and as their heads
tu!4 bowed in grief, the hearts of countless friends reach
oiSt jn an effort to impart to them the great feeling of
sympathy that rules the land.
it Calvin Coolidge, Jr., though young in years, had al
ready given promise of attaining a manhood that would
hAve made him a ranking leader of the coming generation.
High ideals and a standard that called for no boasting, for
no shirking, but for adherence to the things that count,
had set him aside from his fellows even before the leader-shipof-lhe
.land .was -con Torred-upon- Ws-frtlreiv -lie- wait
Young America personified
the nation's loss.
and 'the president's loss is
Those Who Can't Read
If what we have learned from investigations carried
on during and since the war comes anywhere near the
truth, the problem of illiteracy goes somewhat deeper than
we had supposed. We had thought that all we had to
do to stamp out illiteracy was to make sure that every
child received a primary school education.
But it seems as if that is not a positive guarantee
cgainst illiteracy. It may seem somewhat incredible, but
among educators who have scanned closely the mental tests
which were given our soldiers the opinion seems to be
growing that people can forget to read. Some of. our so
called illiteracy is to be laid at the door of lack of occa
sion and inducement for reading. The school, it is main
tained, might put all its resources to work to leach indi
viduals to read fairly well, but still if by chance any of
these individuals leave school at an early age, they could
forget what they had learned. . 1
As a matter of fact, a great many children leave school
at an age before reading has become a habit with them.
No doubt a goodly share of these unfortunates eventually,
lead lives in which the ability to read is fostered because
of necessity. But there still remains an alarmingly large
number to whom this good fortune does not come. Des
pite the fact that thousands of tons of printed matter are
sent from the presses of the country every day, these per
sons find neither occasion nor inducement to look at print
ed pages. We might blame tho offending individuals for
being too shiftless to take advantage of opportunities easily
within their reach. But even this would not remedy the
matter; it would not teach them to read.
. The fact remains that if we are to carry on a success
ful campaign against illiteracy, we must employ methods
which will get at this large number of individuals. It is
s.iid these peoplo number millions. Would it not be worth
while to investigate what manner of life these people lead
for whom the printed page is unintelligible?
OFFICE CAT
TftAOt HARK
BY JUNIUS
much muro willing tt ko to M-a
than Klnglo ones, it is Iki-hiim1
inarriitl mm uro ut wii nil the
Mine, anyhow.
The KvohiUou or Mr. Itr.van.
1. The Cross of Clold.
2. lJreniU'ntial tompain.
(Score, lti lo 1.)
3. The Commoner.
4. rresiih'Uial campaign.
5. Chautauqua.
0. Presidential campaign.
7. Grupe juice.
H. I'l-eNiUentlul campuiKii.
II. i'lshelii-r in evolution.
I illei VlirouL'li llio ' hot weather, sev
ternl stent, nearer tho jumping off
! pi are over tho river," aaid'a cer
tain 1-a Grande lawyer rccenuy,
"In to pw a thin cool-looking
working tflr finishing hep lunch
eon wiih a piece of cherry plo
with two dippers of ice cream over
it."
Willi Arm Tolallliitf '& Years
Three J'ilipinos iass Away
thk yoi ng folks cki;i'i
Live a fast life, die young, and
have a Koott-looking rm-pse.
Frankly, Mr. Sa, yon don'L
know what a lot ot trouble you
did start by your invention.
"I'll ralKi; you rivi-," .said the
elevator boy as In- took Win pas
Heners i0 n. Hixlh floor.
Illinois uirrnaii has twin; Iiiis
bamls. enusliuda man has
twenty-three viws. Why not wiie
the whole matter oil the slaf by
making them marry eat li other.
. ,
Htieeem In a gimlet-like In that
it worlm toward a definite point.
c
11 would be a wonderful thing
if Home porta failed to renew
their lice.iae.
Navy Depai-tim-iit is tiding to
find out why married men arc
A hair on f.ie lira! is worth
two iii the bnish.
mm
According to the National Sta-
tiKtica committee the worst breach
of etiquette made last year wan
by the young man who sent hlrf
best girl , flowera on Mothers'
Uay.
JUI.M-'D CKIJDIT
S. (. S.
j. o. i.
v. o. i.
i 1. Q.
THAT'S IHPPKKKVr
Sales Manager (angrily): "Who
put these flowers on my desk?"
Piling Clerk: "Tho president of
the company, sir."
Sales .Manager: "Pretty, aren't
they?"
Paint heart never won fair lady,
hut many a fat head has.
People have been iumiirhig
about hcvpimI ladies who seem lo
have disappeared from the earth,
We ran tell f.ielr n-lends that they
ait! the ones who will n 'isn't later
with rows of elieiTy preserves and
cherries for pies.
"Another thing that drives a,
Inintrry fiit "miin who is trying to
I MANILA. (AP) Tho town of
iTaytay. situated only a few miles
, from Manila In the province of Hl
fxal, claims the record for logevlty
fi n, piiiiinnin.' Islands. Prom
Tlic slow-motion picture doubtless was suggested by
tire char who nays "Let me pay for it' and reaches tard
ily for his purse.
"The average woman has a vocabulary of only 800
words." It is a small stock but think of the turnover.
The rcai.on so many young: people are skeptics is be
cause faith is the product of thought. "
At times you got just what you want, and at other
times a good salesman waits on you.
What a peaceful old world this would be if it" wasn't
inhabited. '
Why Not
Now?
'I
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October 192S to the. end of April
1924, six persons who had passed ;
tho century mark died there, uc.
cording to tho record kopt by Path- J
er Dumundan, , '
One woman, Hcnllu GonzaKu, ac.
cordlns to tho record was 14u years
1,1 whn he died. Others who had
lived far beyond tho century nmrlt
were Tomuutt Vlveneio, 123 years
and Maria ltoxus, 129 years.
'Wither Dumandan says ho bej
lleves that tho simple diet ot fish,
vegetables and fruit which compow!
tho chief foods of these peoplo adds
greatly to their long lives.
RfiAI I'll K OLASNIKIKIl Alls
. 3,100 1'OUNOS MT. 1LMII-Y IAMS
Is tho record sale In l-a Ciramle for one week.
WIIV'
1'ileo ilglil, milil chit, delliloiis flavor.
Kut a siiiierlor bi-aiid oil the market.
The Grande Ronde Meat Co.
CASHIER
A
mon con
live on lt$$
c-f te.r. he's mamei
y-Ue ha? ta
MArtUIED OH 8IN
GLIC, you can't afford to
pay out your monoy and
not know- just whore
and how It Is Bpent,
And you can't afford
to take chances on hav
ing to pay the same bill
.wico, either,.)
A Checking Account '
at this Bank is the only
businesslike way to
spend money.
When, you Pay ny
Check you write your
own receipt no chance
for any disputes over
bills, and you always
know where every dollar
goes. '(
PAT BY CHECK
It la safer and more
convenient.
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