La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 01, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE EA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER ' ' Thursday'.: January. 1, 1925. I THE OLD HOME TOWN By Stanley La Grande Evening Observer imi:ji;xiit m:wsiaie Published daily nnd weekly 'at I,a Grande, Orefron, by the LA GltANDK KVl-jNlNO OlIHEHVEIt PUBLISHING CO. BRUCE DENNIS - -.Editor Entered at postofflce at La Grande, Oregon, as Second Claaa Mull Mattel On sale In oilier cltlca Oregon Hotel Newa HtanU, Port land; Imperial News tiund, Portland; Multnomah Newa Btuml, Portland Address all communications to The Observer, 1416 Adams Ave., La Grande, Oregon. MED bUUSCltUTIOX HATES By Carrier Dally, per month PAGE FOUR - STOCK' srv&M tw nwwBiSarv '-5rvN 9tX!o ... ?32ET I ', to . ' ft I 7 SO $4.60 60 ........... 60a $2.60 " 6.'U) la.Ort 20 to 50 , 1 , '.Vi-.a -. Dally, per three months Dally, per six mouths, in advance Daily, single copy lly AluU Dally, por month -.. ...... Dally, per six months, In advance ..... ...... Dally, per year, In udvmico . Observe r-Star, per year . ,......... CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEIl MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use or pub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited it published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches lu tills paper, and also tho locul news heroin also are reserved. a-. Aim THUH fcJA.l'1'H THM LORD that crcntfd thce.'O Jacob, nnd ho that formed theo, O JHraet. l''i'jir not; for I have re deemed thee, I have culled thee, by thy name; thou urt mine. luutuh 43:1, i . rrf , 1 i 5RNDPAP H0A0L8V FICEOorPHi!iaLnM..uf; AT MIDNkS,HT. WELCOMING At THE NEW YEAR - ' - UNFORTUNATELY ERMIE BL.erTZ.SPAR. WAS IN A DIRECT UHE WTO "TOE MUSKET- OFFICE CAT ' Y ft AOS MARK RIO. Junius Happy New Year Well It wasn't such a bad year, ! Willi (ho exception of the Tcuixil Dome scandal, the Chinese war und jtlio iTosvord puzzle. : "Thtro aro two sides to every question," proetnlmcd the s ige. "Yh," suld the fool, "and then aro two sides to a sheet of fly pa per, but It makes a mighty bit; dif ferenre to tho fly which aide he Nineteen twenty-four and its works arc water over th wheel, interesting at this time chiefly for the ground they jchooses: afford for forecasts with respect to the new year, ror Kmaii itoy: "Mummn. u-iim did & week or more newspapers have had summaries of thej'" r,rHt t'vt m know (imhiy , j - i e -i- i t i t Slnmiiia: "Seven:! jeai-s urter 1 records made in a variety of activities and nianiiestationsi,nil,.r:n 1,1,1,," . bearing on the progress or otherwise of the Ameiicanj 1 1 1 people. These arc involutions to rciloction, to conwuloriition )inow jlou. 0nK,r 1Uf Kt3 in of what has bean, done by ourselves,' what li:.s happened , Ami it ih juhi n wn. for which wc are not aljle to place the responsibility, and' , ,,.,. ., .ril you ,,)0. the consenuenceK, realized or unievealed. of all in which n iox m tin- how." The wtfLlt'Z Editorials From Over the Nation tne only guitlp ana .'portent, of tm luture.ii 'i . : :gii--Kn.i a ibmand p:n." llni-iPy 1 li :t. : but ct a p'Ur ,of operr rtn tiin ,1 v',v,wi ,i,ti .41...:. r" """-"" "v.- 1.1. ' iiiii" s,,. t.;V(.,. i,,.M. ,.,its llial affords unbounded satisfaction, 'the country (iitera thy tin re arc in in iiinvi n., iii-iic:u-i new yen- with ili Ini.ancss aitalis in goi.d oitlor and pros- 'Vv"' pects bright for a contiiiunnce of industrial, und eoi;:m,ereinl u v. ; , .,, . , activities on a plane as;iirinjy general pi;o;ipwJl)'. , Li the!. , , ! ; ! ', '' " , ' ,', , j ... . . ' . .' ' . I A Jnis bnml In 11 nrotip of rtll realm of govermtnnt the prospect is no les:i invitinn. At z, i.s vt, m it.r ior pnwin ;u. ' Washington our j'epie:-.riilatives, both ' exe'duliW ili'id Icjtij3-'IU'- juuve, lire cngitgea on -msks wt. icomH.ieiNm-oivi.Ri. -i j .,,,,,.. (l(,klB fl.(l win. promisihir of a substantial strenctheninir of the business iiow): Miitmiia, tl.f re's some ulriK , structure of the land, while throuliout the stater, r.iul'"-' !;"7',,i,;;'',,?;lt!,,,',!,'Vn "f J"0?'' the suldivsious thereof are to bo seen many evidences. Mamimt: "wimi. kutkura?:' .. of progiess that sha!l redound to the comrnon benentJ "6"; V.0' mummu- M"'' Of trials rnd v ibulalions we had many in 1921 but all of ... ' ft .. i fkaan litnin T.w..l mi.alt M,.i..i.wrn m.l. i . a r. T. . 1 1 . I K )llU'l)OflV Of OtlllT S IVS tnO.In:V I UICOC TV 1.1 L Li.v.l.M ll'.ll I.IIUIIIUI. IHilll (UV.(.(:;.I lilt Y I' V Ut Llfl 1JVT, . . ' ( Tho' record, of -past uchiovcincnts presage luluroimniphs. ,11,1 n imkiV. rrti. .. . . .1 i' . 1 .i i ... i inure ntc snuip oivcrgcnccs amontr tne people wilii le- v.nul tu. Ijnow. : . . . . J -t . , ,. i eiMsci 10 inoiai aecoiiipii.siiniunis. oiipcuiciai unservers in- on,,.,, tlilnim nn hhui utiout iihmu cline to tho belief thiu tlio world is bcconiine; worse rather,1 .than better, that its ideals and standards have been lowered; , i.i.-it i,vn in a p'im.. hor. or abandoned altogether. Hut in every direction wo see ! rai can ten you which ni.-m 1-cmarkablo evidences of inc.ease of that humane spirit. "'" do"""' which is the very foundation of a general uplifting. Thero1 is confusion about definitions but there can be no t .X tioning of the fact that practical ideals are not wantin;', ' iBhiccn un.i ciBiuy. iior is tho effoit for their realization lacking. I '.. The stage has born uet for a Happy New ear for all m. u n :i.;ni. iimt Ma. k :.in in Anioric:-.. ,"' '' in. ; v . (.iHT'llti,i Popularity W aning i Societies rn.piT la icrni ui v During Our 27th Annual January Clearance Sale SALE STARTS JAN. 2ND. . TIIK I.VXCillXii )l(l!l (Itluho Dally SUit-smanj IJiirln(f liii, .ithuro were fei r lynuhlnua : In the ; I nlltd Slat.'a than in any previous ycur tlncc records of . lynchlngs lave U-f. u kept. Sixteen peiotna, taken Oiy ansy niobn, bent on spvoily , und drastic pilnliihnijnt. wuru pj't to cruel deaths; : Kill the nutnbc'r for 1923 was 33. The mmilie'r fur 1 ""as G7. So the people in terested In the suppression' of lynchlnifs take hope that the inoii law which has blucked the repu tation of this country, particularly tho southern part of it, Is pass lnff. i Others will not be so hopefui.1 l.yneh n:;, like inost olner liur.im phenoiuciis, moves in cycles. There aie yeu,s .en Lie u. muring puy eholoBy of tho American public, i.as reached such a po.ni or tlis Buest with legal pi 'Ocraic.inatlona a.ul red tape a.id suc.i a feellns that soinethlnj; m lot be done .nlinitt erlmlniil nnlvM..... ioinreaully and act swiftly. There 2 a.e hlso years wnen' .it.r irni-.i rr.i-' law- tins become general an.l heii-l , ous offenues are nunc comm. in! .' . ,, , , than lu other years. There UHriyt., yi.Hiiils a hlKh degree of hratlallty.' flt'fl'ft t ln Klli-h 1 1 1 1 r I fiM ,1 I ""'""N " IIIPKH Jill II IMUI'itl Ul hIho i;o. 'I'lH'iu ifi . iiu rcuson ivmx our vlKlluiv,-! U wc inc. out to Huppccsa the lynch law t v The J'.fiM lyncltinw n-cord, la tf.v-t-n ly TuyUi U.'c in.itlt'.itt-'a 1iiiui;i uu'iil ot i:furtia tuul riiijuirii lollowii: "Tln-r were 1 U pffaorrj lyuf'i vt In l'JZi. Nine, of thu p-.-iviouy were --tultiMi from tho , JmnUs , ;i the uv, alx from.Juils uml thi-iu from oftlceia or the law outside of Julia. - ''iiittie were '45 Inatant-cB hi wluoliofficoiu of t.ie luw prevent -eti ' lyniiijifiigj. J'wo wouu'U, ou vvMto '1 iinii Qit;- eoo;eu, wvw l I J 1 1 ,L7 HiOSe tillia HUVlMl. I -J K.it ' oi Uu-ae pterutlun8 of tyiu;:.n.;s nn(( were in uoi inei n r biuies ami .( ( In Houthein htulea. In 06 of tlit OiiHeri the prlwon-i'3 were iernoei or the Kuards aiiKtiienled or olne.' preeu itioiiH taken. In njie ol.ier inn; tine -s, ai ined furee uh ui;.-d lo r pel the wouri-l iyui'tierti. In four ln;itaneea uurinij the year, persona fuarReii with b-lrt ceii- neeled tt'll.h lynching mobs WorlHWKile Reductions On Quality ; Merchandise In Every .Pepariinent SALE ENDS JAN. 20X11 I vunliu:e;i, ''r ffi'Ot!' Of other,' vll!i more atl-j uffeeilntr a hlirhcr del. euitijrir find wlelitititf Krenixr power, falls easily, in mo men's of maws auper. inlo tne tiiouJ t that tlic-He Indivtuuals of -xt r.iordtiKiry Ih HUulit y ui inert -ly dniiKeiMiiiH tuiiH'.H fjoiie ntHft who nr'.lHt lie killed, l.yuehlnj; i:i piob e.ily epla,i);iM(.' on 1 IiIh kiojihI; but 11 io ' ' '.. Hunt's Letter .enn'"1 nrn Puce 1.) however, open-the way to poBMthln ei'ttie;Hm I hat it would seem t'oollnh to invite. l-'ruin a pi:rely peiaonal and malt-rial standpoint, 1'eiHhin is let ler o!f with the pay and i)i'r!ti!.Hites on which he was retired tliun he wonid be w.ih Hit sa.ay oi u nec-reiary. the retired reneral of the ar- Indlcted. Of the 1 t persona t'.uis 'mien he has no responsibility and I rieiore uie courts only t.ve were nulls down about $.r.5tH) n year. Yhese .ere plvea j.iil secretary of war he would have t'o'frcf uloupr on ilS.tMtV und do, a lot or-worn. , I'd -, " ' ' i ' ,'i f No cabinet, Jiu,inlM'rt li years has followed more, closely the tpld ad viofl to "say nothing and saw wood' than "'Kas Recretiiry, ofi: Treasury Mellon. In addition to a phy.s:ea,l Impediment In his speech the s.-e--. rotary hiis ben uu efed m . thla course by ,a constitittional uvns on to public HpeukliiK. ..When Mellon has had anything t.o iy he's wa.it' tu until he was sure, it ouirht to le stid unt then has said It in writ- ,n- : ' 1 Herthtlv. hnu-pvi'r. ho waaTiinvff to nn ncknovledcifLtiitioHilm?fT'-' vtd vr.Vs'iirhls friefidfr-jioliuHnit ven PrcsUIeht' t'ohlidpo' hsrve heaped upon him ns "the KwatcKt uecretary of itreasury since Alex. nnder Humilton.- - . - . . T think," Bud Mellon. In bii soft -voiced, deprecatory manner "that each successive secret 'iry o treasury, at some time during h': Incumbency ot office, enjoys t'l distinction of bi'lnp the ureal v. secretary since Hamilton. 1 hav noticed, however, that as sonn e- ! ,they 1:0 out of office aheir :glory deiarlB.t i Ifiiu Stivct Cikh Deer Jlontins" VANCCirVKU, WV.ffh. (AP). A two-iioint bjclt deer wns cajitur e'l it live on Main street here re-c-ntly. (J ,,,,, i ... ,. It. 4 The' deer was amblini? up the street from the batiks of t'e o Ii'iiihla river ,whep Jivrrnl per sons pnve clinse. lie dashed down nn alley, , ente.reu. an abandoned butblin? and leaped through a yhidow. tln n jumped n hlifh f-nce and Btarted back lowai d tin r lv j er. The paveno nt was wet. und the buck slipped and fell ne ei.il .times, f ;riult; cni.st'.ijlifr Inlb it j t.'iice with JijUi liprnK; ho e'ni'ul.-rb-d i that he -was liejd fast. I-"'Hir' :i" ! (Hers from . Vancouver Mairackii i took the deer to the resi'rViition. n'n'c'hiv half I lie nb;hl Is j;oo.J training for a irlrl, eniib'm.i: her lo wall; the Ilpor with her b:ihy u.ti-r Chleupro will have a TtMMVot broadcrsllnff tower, but I hen, cvery thini? Is hitrh in rhicaru f - 0 Officially the is the imUonal bird of thi.". ro'intf. ;but actu.ii!y th-tiukoy in tho tmtiuiml biid. rih tiK'kt'.v ( was hero hofnvc Ou!'iiiibiH enmo nnd lia novrr h'vn nativo in any otl; r cr-iliti( ut. Hut, in spite of his dir.tinclioii.- Uv. , Gol)Iler i.t tosiujr his popularity even in his native country, i Twenty years r.jvo there were eiuui,';Ii tuiKoya laisi'd in. the United Stales to ive every family at least one' tin key dinner a yxw and few weie the families that did not A. vo turkey either for 'J'hiiiil-.i.ivinjr Day or t'hristmas. Today1 there are not cno;th tiukey.; to po anmnd and thoasandV of families do ivt ta-te tin key moat for years at a tiniv.1 When it is : aid that there are not enough turkeys i-; go around it ia not meant that a shortage exists, 'i 1 supply equals ami fretpmitly ectrd tho demand. '1 n demand is less. Kaunas ate no longer nuwins turkey;, ami fewer people .Mi'1 ratinjr tin in. iiijrn in tiKri jutees may im;: respon.sihie lor the (here is L is rioie enmmoidy be'ievt d that th. ' the pi ice. A:d mam' y meat, pound for pound.' HkY uut IIUlt! more co.aiy innn oiner nai nyain lov. I. i kip.; Past ;;rneialien.-t found the turkey independable :.t i?: lhunknjfivi!;v )) y and Christmar, dinners. In mi'iions or t,, home8 he w i li'l a neeily on these two annual invasions VfjThe turke is in no d.mjrer of etinclion, but it will ; ;dl:- ei'inpni".niM!c to testoro his lost noiuilai it v. m:iM.IN (Al'). (lermany lu j flay (-'alms iv fi'v.er than rrj.mio ' co-np'THtivi' Hoeietb'N, which Ir f ' in excess of the number in aity There are both consumers' and pt outtc rrs aoeieUes aniouK tlu-se o K'Uii'-iiilons. Some are for ui;ir- I; "tin it koi nls. el hers Tor the pur pose nf licyim:. vi e sll'l eiiit-rs e.''-nd credit to ttn-lr inensbiMM on bi Mir lni:iH t'len tb- In l.viduals e':n eblii n at the b;'ukn. In Burns' Job YC1 Jtojfei iii(r domiii'd, lint !VS diminished d; i i.d hi-.--, inm-n-wd P household:! ! ;v I' . rncd t!i;it tuikcy t yL.'f is but littlo r.mru ciuilly Ui;m oilier . 5 J St i' com Icted. sentences. "Of the 1 (i persona lynched all were negroes. Seven or h ss than one-half of those put to 'deal i, won chr.rKvd with rap or ut- tec.ip'cd rape. 1 "The ofleiifeii eliarff'' I or": Murder, 1: rape, ft; uthmptedi rape. 2; killing olf.cer of the law,' 2; - lumiliint? woman, it; ataiek n.n woman, 1; ktr.int; man In aller lion. I ; wxHin.ltns man. 1. "The Btuiea l:i wli.cii lynch t'it;-Ht rutiirred, an 1 the n:;mbr in e..i-..! tilte are as foilowr: I'loud". ; (U-ornia. '2 ; lillnoU, 1 ; Kf-n'nel. v. ) ; I jouialr.im, I : Mlsr.Usipp , : (8 hi rl. I ; Seita ('a i..t..l , i . Tennessee, I ; Texas. I." In spite of this rt-eord, t'.e pe of tne I'll ted S'at"t pi oi b e eave more respt-e' for law td.'u tin people of most other coun tries. Our unsavory lynehiii'; n -ortl (Trows maiuiy out of the in lermlnilinir of racs dNiimibir in appearance and. to a ib-. ee, in habits. One race has few .-r a,l vanlaprs and lives in condition) w hi eh develop In suborn m.i I In M- r. ! V f ! . J 1925 We arc lookinj? fo"vur.l to tl.t New Ytr ns u.l'crhul of TroKi'i'sa und Slubiiity. t . May it - bring to you HAri'INESS AND . PROSPERITY La Grande National Bank Sound, Itellable, l'ntif rtvvilc Ml ilffli Safety "Smifilti Cvr.MdUu I la ;i:axii: - .losij'ii sr.;i: ijm: . . ltiiilts .V ('(lillr.m, 1-nips. st.c.t:s i.a i ii i.mh; i ok .iDsr.i-u DAILY S::i(i 12:3" 3::iD sjitiii-thiy spct'lii) AIIKIYI'. i i n:an i ;r..i r.:r.ft J lS consider: A dicl'nir! y word Mi7.li- wwe oniill l ! won it' tlinl Adi he true. d tll'SIJII. i ci'lor : vr Mi ll m iv Mil A'it Gorniiu: vi'li :ll sejiteiices nf vij should bo i::diii-.-:i-ut It the la.;t A- m uml l'-e lii il r, I'd Imps tin- ur.'. V v K i J death liiiiiinir ever 2: of them. v - 1 Inn t ' .mt.it :isninirinit n..p in-, i. i.in.od hv AMoinrv c.n.. . """' " Hr.l.M oi in.- Km.. ,. i , , , . , , ""mikmi-.. , ( lvWriiiwi,', p. Thank nwi.in.r-, t-.o icnnorhtsits have nut rohlied us of rr,!, w j l(,B. (aSantu CluJili they hveiued. huidummi;h.. ; . j . sn',l Wislin You A Happy New Year Perkins Motor Co. CLALDG C. PRATT Wc Wish Everybody A Happy and Prosperous New Year The Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. w Mn rtt-ntl" Vmu ..) I'diiM- J H 0 MIIMlJ HtltlN1fl Hardware Crockery Cutlery Glassware Market Groceries Phone Main 759 F. L. LILLY I'huna Miui, Ar.ionp; our assets wc like to count the only one thai money cannot buy your good will. Durit-.pr '.he i-.cw year we will aim to cairy a larger stoi-k of high-riiide merchandise to sell ,at , pujnilar pi ice:;. WMiins; everyone Health, Ilappinc.-.; and Prosperity fnr the New. Yea-, 1923 I 'I I' NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP Ii.mmm Mn1p Stamping ir.ii.Mi cmmm; Ruttons (meitf PLKATINC.