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THE iEA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER -;
Friday, : Januar;
La Grande Evening Observer
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Published dally and weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by the
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BRUCE DENNIS. . . , Editor
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BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING; bul ln 'cvcry thing by
prayer-and supplication with thanksgiving. -let- your rufiucjiUt,
bo made known unto God. And the peuco of Gud, which
passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts mid minds
through Christ Jesus. I'hilljiplans 4:0, 7. .'
I former 'demands his pay and then promises a service, guar-
I unteed only by his word.
Reformers have .never been overly popular, because
theory is ever hypothetical and there has never been found
a method of separating the sincere from the imposter.
Centuries ago business was on a similar basis with honest
and dishonest merchants in the same bazaar. Then the
1 public watched the reformer with one eye while he kept
! the other on the merchant.
It is lamentable that reforming h.ts not kept pace with
business. Today business is -firmly establishod on a foun
dation of public service and one price. Reformers are still
guaranteeing no service and claiming many prices.
1. Reformers and Business
... 'I have a deal more faith in the average businessman
than I: have in the average reformer," Elbert Hubbard
once wrote.
Hubbard may have been the first person who put the
thought into print, but it cannot be gainsaid that "them
has long been the sentiments" of the average person,
i . lit is no secret why right-thinking men and women
have more faith in the business man than in the reformer.
Jt is simply an eternal admiration for the creator. The
,man in business is creating something. lie is in the serv
ice 'of the people, filling a positive demand. But what is
he reformer? At best he is only a. theorist, j While, the
,businebs man is filling the public's'1 older1 the reformer
jinakes! orders for the public to fill. The businessman rcn
,ders his service before demanding his pay, while the re-
Public Expenditures
The example set by the federal government in the adop
tion of the budget system for public expenditures is bein.-;
followed by quite a number of states. Adoption of this
.system is not only resulting in more economic expenditure
of public moneys but also in decidedly wiser appropriations.
Expenditures are being made more with the desire on the
part of those who make them that people shall obtain full
value for their money.
In national expenditures the budget system has en-
, tirely done away with "pork barrels." In doing away with
these it has, of course, deprived partisan politics of a
great deal of grease that party machinery from time to
time needs, compelling political leaders to look elsewhere,
for it. In state expenditures the budget system is more '
seriously crippling party machinery because state leaders!
are unable to collect considerable donations and have to,
avoid laws which prevent their levying assessments on of
fice holders. The ultimate result of the budget system will
probably compel many changes in the political game. " - . !
course,, until the budget system becomes firmly es
tablished, through appeal to the majority of the people hi
nation as well as in the several states, it will constantly
be made the subject of attack. This is to 'bo expected) and,
if forewarned is to be forearmed, the people themselves
should make it plain that .the system is to remain so long
as it justified by economies and value.
OFFICE
CAT
' THADI MAJlK mo,
fyJunius
TOO OUI TO KISS
TI10 caller, who was neither
youthful nor of prcporaeMfcing a
lHaiiraiu.v, anxious lo gain the. cou
ndeiife of the. Hon of the 'nouso re
miukiil pIcaKuiitly. "Why, Itobhy,
how grown up you arot Hut hIIII,
you uro not old euuilgli to kiss arc
you ?" ' -. .
"No," wild llohliy, with comic
tioti, "but you are,"
"If you'ro up against it flnan
dally, why not Hell your car?" '
"ImpoHSlble, I need It to cludo
my creditors."
A dull newspaper Is one In which
you don't recognise tha names of
the casualties.
Ilent Cnn I sue my wlfo for
breach of pi-oiuisu? .
Lawyer Sue your wife for
breach of promise?
Client Yes, she promised to di
vorce nie, but she has bucked out.
Many peopln who forget to vole
have ancestors who went barefoot
In the snow while fighting to se
cure iheir 'descendant the right
of suffrage. . , .
Customer How much', Aro those
cigars?
Clerk They are two for a mmr.
ter.
Customer How much Is this
one? - -
Clerk Fifteen cents.
Customer I'll take the other
one. .
- ' 1 ' ' hi'i:i:d
On this one fact, I'll lay my bet.
The slowest uan can run In, debt,
And yet, please note, thut deb't
most thrives,
On those who lead . the . fastest
lives.
Tell a man there aro 2117. 643,
501 stars and he will believe you.
But If a sign says "Fresh paint
lie will make a personal investiga
tion.
"Ah, good niomln'," .Mrs. Hen
nessey. "An" :ovi Is i-vt-rrthliig?"
Sure, an- I'm having one a-rund
lime Ixtulvl me husbniid mid the I
rm-nacc. If I keep ui'c i;e on one, I M MUCK 'IT IS HfcAVY.
the other is sure lo go out." I
"Have you ever heard the utory
of the eyes?" .
'No,.whut Is it?"
"Oh, you have- two!"
t
Woman's waistline Is In bp low
ered, says fashion nolc. In the
words of the philosopher Ijawrr
f.ie line, let the hips full where
they may.
I HOOD IlIVIOIl, Ore. Itecords
( of lumber coinpunii operating in
I this co'-inty show a total cut of
approximately 63,750. (nil) feet of
IllilnW for 19:4. The' heaviest
cut was made by the Oregon Lum
ber company at Its plant at ,!-,
I where 26. 000. 000 was turned out.
jAt Cnscude Locks the Wind Itivi r
Lumber company, which .-.- ...
logs from Skamania county,
Washington, cut 2u.ou11.110u feet.
Tho Mount Hood Milling com-
...... .ti.ur tliree smaller
.' , U,Jl-. ."r -
I mil s, had a record run this year.'
cutting S. 000, 000 feet. The Htau
Irinrd Lumber company of Oak
Grove, operated by Horn Urolh
! ers, vut about 750,000 feet.
The Oregon l.nnber company
yarded 8,000,000 feet of logs, ll
anticipates cutting more than 3u,
000,000 feet the coming year.
Every winter the tailors meet somewhere and announce
: that next spring and summer the men are going to bs
; gaibed very dizzily. Cut time passes, and eventually fath
: cr and the boys step out in that same' old drub regalia. :
It must be they lack nerve.
V:
Life nowadays seems to be just a matter 'of liunti'iig
up a lot of new rights to fight for Jaiid-battling with eomu
one who wants to take away the olfi.t 11 ' "'.'
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The Most
Modern
Garage
Facilities -
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1 i rerkms
j ' .Motor Co; ;
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HAROLD LLOYD
' In
"HOT WATER"
Starts Monday,
ARCADE
1925
We are looking forward :io''
''the- New Year' fas u- Period
of Frog-res and ' Stublllty.
May it bring to you
HAPPINESS AND
PROSPERITY
La Grande
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Sound, RullabUi.lii'rojtrcs.sivcil
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Stamped Goods
We have a complete line of Stamped Goods
such as Bed Spreads, Drc-scr Scarfs, Lunch
Cloths, Vanity Sets, etc. ' -
Complete lino of D. M. C. Threads
Also
Star Threads in skeins and Crochet
in all colors.
NORTON'S KIDDY SHOP
liulton Moles Stamping ... liutlons Covered
HEMSTITCHING ' ! PLEATING
Market Groceries
Joel s
Phone Main 759
Men's
' Hart Schaffnef ' & " Marx
Suits and Overcoats , : ",.
Gold Bond Two-Pant Suits; v
Manhattan Shirts
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Stetson Hats
f Munsing Underwear
Interwoven Sox
Edwin Clapp Slioes
Florylieim Slioes
Star Brand Work Shoes
27TH ANNUAL
27TK ANNUAL
Blankets
AH Blankets Reduced lo'o
All-Wool, Cotton and Cotton Wool
Mixed in plaids and fancy hordein.
SI'ECIAL
Cotton sheet size Blanket in plaid;;
of tan, grey and blue
51.35
Dresses and Suits
One lot of Ladies' Dresses and Suits of Silk - and - Wool
materials. Good styles and fabrics.
V2 PRICE
Ladies'
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Armstrong
Walkover
Moore. Sthaffer
Cantilever
Sinbac
Freeland
Shoes
Blouses
NHW STYLKS
And '
MATERIALS
KLDUCLI)
20 ;,
SHOES
Entire Shoe Stock Reduced
1 0 to 50 per cent
ONE LOT
Men's Work Shoes
$.'!.!).)
SPECIAL LOT
Ladies' Pumps
Black Satin. Patent
and Kid
S.).l.
Hose
PHOENIX
LA FRANCE
And
BLACK CAT
Towels
ONE LOT
Of fancy Turkish Towels, col
ored Ixirders. Good tiualitv
Towels
Outing
Anioskeag I'aisy Outing Flan
nel in white or.ly. in 2 widths,
27 in., 21c; C-6 in., Sic
Ginghams
ONE LOT
Of extra quality Clairlocli
Ginghams, 32 inches wide
31c Yard
Munsing, Kayser Silk
LT1ndp,rwear...:,.i,v
La France :
"Phoeiiix
Black Cat ;
Hose
Peggy Page Dresses
M. Rcunaldt Dresses-
I Hart Schaffner & Marx and
Lcdfern Coats ,
Landesman Hii-schlieiiner Coats
Kayser and Bacmo Gloves
Nemo and Henderson
Corsets
Skinner's Satin
Marshall Field Silks and
Ginghams
Sherwood Draperies
Colonial Cretonne
Oregon City and Pendleton
Robes and Blankets
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