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La Grande Evening Observer
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TRUST IN THE LORD with all ihlne heart: and lean
not unto thine own understanding. ; In all thy way acknow
ledge him, and he snail direct thy path. Pov. 1:6, 6.
The Task and the Will
: It is becoming more difficult as time goes on to read
the text of a periodical without ' meeting the self-improve
ment salesman. He's there every month, in the front of
the book with a scheme to make, your lungs as capacious
t8 a blacksmith's bellows and your .memory as enduring
us .that popularly ascribed-to the elephant. He seeks to
plant in you a desire for biceps as powerful as Mr. Zbys
ko's and a will as unyielding as Gibraltar,
y, Especially is he anxious about , your 'will power. He
insists if you say -every morning, ."I will have a million
dollars before I die,", that eventually that prospect will
materialize. ' ' t '.v. , " '
; .This may be entirely true, aiid a strong will may ic
capable of scaling any height. But much depends on the
task set for the will..' Jt. might be as well in the end if
there were courses ananged for deflation of a lot of the
-avill power in the world. A- movement for weaker wills
would stop, among other things, all future wars for it
would do away with a vast amount of selfishness. A will
us .inflexible as Everest fs .'not . particularly precious if it
is exercised hi trampling on the rest of humanity to reach
a seat In the sun. . ' .''".'.'.' 1
' ; Laicoln did not repeat the "I 'will'.' formula periodically
Historians seem to agree that he 'groped along in a coii
iclousness that he was an instrument of God.
"The picture of the downy sophomore clenching his fists
before the mirror and parroting the mystic ritual is en
gaging. But perhaps it would- be bett in the tagiiming
if he substituted faith for gymnastics in will power. Faith
moves men forward with no loud gritting of teeth and
digging of nails into the palms. ' The will developer is apt
to be an annoyance to himself and i nuisance to his friends.
Faith annoys no one, and it is' a lot more comfortable than
looking intense and cutting a neighbor's throat
Just Be Careful
When one sees the m.iffnificent overhead crossings ii.
Union county and this county has more than her share
they briny to mind the terrific expense of biidpinrr the
iailroa(l so that the careless brothers may have their lives
t pa red.
' Searching just a little we find that to eliminate all of
the more than 250,000 grade crossings on Class One rail
roads would cost, it is estimated, f 19,000,000.000. That is
not far from the valuation of the existing railroads.
Admittedly it is desirable to jret rid of grade crossings.
Doing so would save thousands of lives. But we will make
no progress in that direction by misrepresenting either
responsibility for the grave situation or the respective
rights of railroads and users of the highways. There is
not hero any conflict between privilege and public rights.
The railroads, are agencies of public sen-ice. Not a train
is run, either to, transport gwds or to carry paengvrs.
except to serve the public.
Then? is slight inconvenience to automobihsts in stop
ping at the relatively few railroad crossings they encoun!
tor in a day's journey. There would be enormous loss and!
inconvenience t patrons of the railroads were trains re
quired to stop at every highway grade crossing their lines.
The grade crossing problem is a grave one. It will not !e
solved without ivspect for common sense.
Newspaper headllnP. Ten nlKhUl
In a dairy, or the eyilw of drink.
Thn car waa
berth.
What most men deal re
permanent shave.
row MAlK
How b the milk-maid?
Ho aald with A bow.
It Isn't mado, sir,
It co men from a coir,
Apparently the Ideal candidate I
must be prominent enough to In-
nptro respect and not able enough I
to arouse suspicion.
Krora now until November "no I
man's collar" will have a time gel-
ting Itself worn.
Correct (Ma t sentenco: I set's
make him leader of our gang,
chorused the boys, became be ha I
nice Jong curlH.
lmtntlu atul libw-mcrtci We
Art Wait In; For.
A device for automatically clog-
King taxi-meters after a reason-1
able limit nay, tho first mile.
80 mo method for preventing!
loose gurU-rs from drugging on I
the floor (espvcluliy when danc- I
Ins).
An instrument for measuring a I
filiTs limit (understand it an you
will) beforo taking her out.
A machine for torturing Htugo I
who Insist on cutting in.
Lip Mlcka that won't smudge or
otherwise leave evidence or
man's weakucs.
A device fur steering uutoino-
bibs with the feet.
llaltneU that do not leur
eusily.
A ainokcscroeu fur obscuring a
chuperone who In particularly con- I
Detentions 01 very curiou.
.Tobahiy the only man who J
knows .lust how llirum feels U f
Mr. liryan.
1
Mother suys thut the only way!
to make a good husband Is to be
gin spunking him for Hvlfishnetts I
ut the ago of three.
Hope ahould always be equip
ped -wVt tt parachute attachment I
to let tm uown eiisy.
You will find a girl who dors I
not close her eyes while kissing I
doesn't keep her mouth tthut afterwards.
A country is safe no long art J
scand-tl is rar enough to Justtf)
targv headlines.
I rti'iM of fnttl tit dd
wa-dtrrunmait: Hair toil MX'ti I
MM Kdlth's riaiHTtV
IJii MMHtrcil for a mmiH'nl I
anil then bttit over the lanmlrv I
tub, imhv imw, a. ma'iii, olic I
alil. It ain't been In Uic wvdi
et.
THE OPEN
COURT
IVHIM Sltlll.TS Ml' ST
MIIMIT M KSTll
THK I KI1KI! IV TIICY lK-
Mitt; itritit.s riu.MKK.
1 Faster and Faster
O Man, to what heights of art ait thou not soaring.
A human being has thrust himself, in a crude mechani
cal device, through the air-envflope that covers Mother
Karth. at the rate of 2HS miles an hour.
vv" This is the fastest that anv livimr thintr pf h-w kvi
profiled by its own volition. j
. Too much, perhaps, we dwell upon our kinship with!
the t)ther nmmab. Man is. aft-r all. the king. He has
done what was not done lefore, and the heart gives a leap!
of hop at the prospect which lies before him. j
In the hand of Kate we tie, the fingers clenched tichtlv'
over us. Witlr this achievement of Lieutenant Maughan,
it seems that one finger is slowly being forced back. The
ciushed thing flutters. H fain would deny the barriers,
struggle free. If time and space can be thus amquered!
luay not the riddle of life itself oue day be solT -
Mil. I.AltKH'K ON MAKS.
To the t-Mitor:
ian ou sp,ir room for ai
uitsl' on tt- i-Un-'t Mr?
niuntcation liuprtMtte." so de
clreai ono of our daily nenst-
tM-is Why s, (entitle mn oi
grat ment.il power ."houM .titt!
Ivel ptstml;tlc alter all the w
der f m re el.it tons of sctem dur
ing the past evultirv Is rnrprlsiiiK
I'oimminttattoii with M.irs tn uJ
of being eonstdervd prvbb ma:iral
in certainly u foresone eon-.'lo n.
Mara s member of our Solar
Stvm enjo; nig the -vaif tlRht
tul twut that we snd no doutd
the Urlian jrv )u.-t a s--n to
-onriii with us a e arx to n
tre with thfm. It Is nn older
world ihtn ours and pnl.iil iur
thrr ndv.ineel In knw I.Ik1 and
beOer aid? lo instrti" t lhal we
arr lo intivirt :ntlit:i Hi lo th
M.iril.in Who ftill d..r' lo den
(lie iroKiMlit oi iih of the
m,i.ir imndK of history 1uir
found sojoinniuj; on Wn todiy or
on Mttite of th othT nw,'' plart
ivt of our 't'm.
lol eiviittAl th lUMvrni .md the
r;.t;h and iUo-d inirlhg-rti-tti-rvm
to Kovvrn and to ruiv. The
ltiU--lT MrliIS Ol I fto WOtTd ha
lu-wr riHi(tnd th'tr knolvdjr to
tht- rarth atone. Krn thr limits
of iir Solar STt'ni ha t.'-n
tnutiwient for th-tr ft Id ot
!leiuUltoiv Some of the m
Abrabara for inxanc has lt-d
.v.ui Kutnd htm m II-
givt vmmtd in which la trnod
. th k to th pi;eh- o'
the unUerse.
Abraham toiv a jue.tion or
doi bt was beltr mtrd L I
thv great, minds that bjve follow
aru-r him. Thf r-ason U that
ho had the Mot t teacher Abnv
ham a!ktl n,i tiked with tod
And the fact that God prompt.!
him to r h out not only th
movmrnts of the ptantts but umi
of tiw- tarry heavras l suffKtert
proof that it waa IntendtM br th
Cra,or that AbrJiaai'i aclrvUixa
il!K?al. lHI " T.r- aa irrl KH-atMirr In annoum-inx ir Kail OlHiliua of IDil anil iwli-mlins I.. ' '. . K&SWklWKWik II ' V "
I l&ta'! '1HfflMlu-.rr-a a l .tsnltal lnitallfu l WI onr Mun- anil toxt IIk- tU-ulte all- lmCU7W ' '' " 'f
llWlianl VI - "T-f from 11k- fatotlikm -.,;.- of .lUf wrl.l.,.M, ,;, , .:,J :W&&A II ' " 'A
MM . O.N i ' ' ' M il
I lilfEijJa " vU H1UUVYO Bl '-i ' ""'
1 1 p.. 1 vnj D-vNJLr . - miJsawfi n i i
any oflht ofhr rls'. Ihy ! ' " ' - ' 1 J .."v ' S
ani il in inly a iiim'.hHuoi m mmmmmmmm'mmKmmmmmmmmmmmmi
l kn.nvlns how. - ' n...... i ..' .. . ..
Vuura. irilly. E 1 1 . JB,TTjTT1 '
Assjiiiinr a f n cvllnl ,r"r l,nl ork "nd
USED CAR : j :tuu,
l II Lft-aaByTS WIhi, need aor al-1 l
J&jfSSLX ' iW ' '"n-HiJ on financial J
S3 V 1 nwili-rs fri-l five lo call T
! feSKSf' 1 MU auj IIK'UllKT ol Uus I
m V.. V I V V7 I isavjar ?
iina iii f i r i v
should bf b eoiitiued with th
circle of thin earth" orbit. In.lec
the cih'.m of all the promise
mad- to Abraham could not be
fulfill! j on Ibis little 'r.h. ,
It Is th du'- n tho trlil. Kf
of mm to study the Marry heav
fns. hovuus' the det-larr lh
Olory of Uod and slb'nee the
ton.?u of the :ith,-ist
t is only a hit If while until n '
th major planet of our win's i
family lnlTrhjuc- t'r oo j
a-.t...., ,,,, nun Knini iitienona.
h.n it rf th,- ir-rt' lntslltc --
on il plantA of th sKtetn ni!l
be ninulttntr IorHkt as to bent
urr.tniMtivnis for a iwriodteal
united dmontrution of worlds in
Mieir Iot and adoration for th-tr
Kr'at crvalor. How infttiitety smstl
will this world's mt-tariau dtfler-t-oc,
of opinion on re bs tons us
ttonx appur wh n all 'h worlds
of the Solar System join in oi:
wiD( of pruht to thl grwt -tor
of all w-orbts.
Apotofjittip for trexnaoim; on
our apacv. Mr. Kditor. ton't bo
In doubt about Mnn or Venus, or
Winter Coats
AM) FALL (iOOUS ARRIVING DAILY.
Huy high jrnulc clothes for children. We sell
Ht popular prices.
Well nwule clothes are the cheapest in
the king run.
LKu l fm-jfet cur Indies Silk Hose
At S1.00.
Norton's Kiddy
Shop
HEMSTITCHING PLEATING
Button Holes Stamping Buttons Coveted
r not an aluwd car, anl
th drIer is w ill inn to
pimrant its ixutdition !
cans h- baa rebuilt It to
match a new ono in av
IHMiranc and i'rforumnt e
- knowing that the prhe i.i
to n ht cent hsst than
a new car. and th aTic-'
dprtniatioit ia from la to
IS per cent his than a n-v
car., IS IT NtT lXNiMV
TO t Y A rsKi I'Ali;
"rtielv!. Thro Kt the
thrift habit uml buy a
I5KHI ll.T t'AU rrom us',
I IKS tHlkla -JtM
I I tMs .V.tl
&
Oharp-pratbice.
hascut. ofPmany
to Slf.ZCjeei '
This Is a regular part of
our srrtk'v ami is )oun for
ll asking.
1 -ry lirant'li ot our bank
to not fur your personal
rumrnh-m-p iu (Miiklnc. ,
We tail k it our atxtNinl.
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