Monday, March j 1925.
PAGE FOUR
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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THE OLD HOME TOWN
By Stanley
' Best way to keep ahead of the game is to keep away
from it.
It is too much to expect that a man will register much
enthusiasm after having had experience with a dull thud.
. .Of all the serial stories still running, the hardest by
fan. to keep track of is the changing Chinese political sit
uation, -
' VETOING THE ARMORY
. Governor Pierce has vetoed the bill providing an ap
propriation for the long-desired La Grande armory. By
doing so the Governor has started some criticism of his
decision here where the armory problem is so familiar to
everyone but lie has also been very favorably commended
by others over the state who have not bothered themselves
about La Grande's selfish interests in this particular case.
The facts of the matter are that everybody in La
iGrande is disappointed in tho veto of the armory bill bo
calise they know how great the need is in Eastern Oregon
for training facilities of this kind, and they know how ini
iportant a guard organization is to a state. Hut they alsj
appreciate tho fact that Governor Pierce couldn't very well
ido anything else than veto the armory bill regardless of
how much he might want to do something for La Grande
and Eastern Oregon personally, lie either had to veto
the bill or invent some elaborate excuse for signing it that
M'dtlld make it appear as a state economy and a revenue
producer rather than an expense and that's a job that
most governors wouldn't care to tackle.
i It's too bud, in this particular instance, that the Gov
ernor's announced and heavily emphasized policy has been
one of opposition to any measure that appropriates state
funds when those funds are not available or when expendi
ture of those funds would lie, in tho Governor's mind, un
necessary. But that has been his policy and to sign the
arinory bill :t this lime would bo to admit that the atti
tude he h.'.-- evpii :! d so I'orcefulfy at limes applies only
lo the lest I'l' Hio.fin, Hint La Grande and the Governor's
home valley are exempt and deserve special treatment.
We are sorry that the Governor felt this way about it
and we are sorry that he couldn't or didn't find some loop
hole through which he might craw! for the sake of filling
a crying need hen; in Eastern Oregon. But we can't
blame him, alter all, for his veto; and no fair-mindi-d
citizen of La Grande who respects any man who adopts a
policy and sticks to it regardless of consequences will hold
a permanent "peeve" against the chief executive. Next
time, possibly he'll be able to do his bit.
rt Jl .J fwEu.aoBAK I HOLD fc 1
' I S 1"! I t ANOwO. SOOI 1 I NEWT SMfcS
' LV- I . l 1 ' . I AS AUNT SARA Lf1 C
' WJWJl ' fSHS TOOK A HAT tlONy-' A v.S
V9f I I OUT OF THE VHHOO) )r i;-r t O fi-
SINCE THE CITY MILUNEIt ARRlVEC.
IN TOWN BIRDIE CROWES SHOP HAS
BEEN THE MOST POPULAR STORE ON MAJH STREET
Dr.Luther May Succeed
Ebert; Marx Considered
First President of Ger
man Republic Will Be
Laid to Rest oh
Wednesday
BKHMN (By- the Associated
Pre 88 ) Who will succeed Kbert
art the chief executive of CVrmuny
Is a question which is forctnff it-
Helf more urgently upon tho Oitr-
nuin people hecuuHe of tho fuct
that the connUtulion cIooh not pro
vide for a vice president. Many
Germans wore made suddenly
aware (Jiat the president's office.
of which I hey were hardly coz
nlzunt, since Khert's rre tact pre
vented him from forcing himself
to tho fore, Is a pivotal point In
the whoto republican structure and
that the future of the young
democratic xtute will he vitally af
fected hy the choice of tho man
placed at the helm.
.Two nuincs thus far stand out
preeminently as presidential pos
sibilities Chancellor Kuther und
former Chancellor Murx. Doctor
I either would get the support of
the Nationalists, Conservatives und
a lurge part of the business world
while Doctor Murx would have the
Indorsement of the Clericals, Dem
ocrats and KoclalistK. Uolh men
have nvluble records of nutlonul
it ml tnt ernut lonut achievements,
loKtor,, JttM-VxrClllfiny .in connecr
tlon with financial politics und
Doctor Marx us u n-Kulialor with
the entente and u conciliator at
homo.
The other iiuncs mentioned in
wider circles arc those of (-Jcwnil
von Heeeltt and former Chancellor
Cuno. The Kcneral proltably is
the most slh'til mun In G4riuun
public HTc which, added to his
capacities as an adminlHlralor and
organizer, his friends say, eminent
ly qualiries him for the presi
dency. It Is doubtful, however,
whether the Nationalist parties
would dare present a professional
military mun as their candidate.
OFFICE
CAT
TNAQK MAUN RIO.
By Junius
IMlo Daddy-dorit
Slip a packet invmir
pocket when you do
home.
Give the youngsters
this wholesome lonft
lastlng sweet for
Sleasure and benefit,
se it when workdrao
or-
7 AkJf,CSV
KEPT RIGHT GtMJj
'after evert; meal " m
If .ton ni'itM with It, it Is kmh!
publicity; if jim thm't It's propa-Kamlu.
The world has learned pretty
well hew to trinmpli over lroutles.
Mnnv leKislulur,:4 tire III session
vet the people appear reasonably
happy.
Ma rv has a date tueh nlKht.
Which Isn't -Mille (he HiIiik:
It hrliiKs her sinters' average down.
To fuss (no much In spring.
minium's rhcumatKiii used to ,
mirier wheti It rained; now It's
her complexion. j
Any girl fs happy if she has so
many frocks she can nut decide
which one to wear.
lie Autos are it heavy expense.
Mr Thai deprmlH. I've cut my
running eprnmi In two. j
lie- How? 1
.Me lly leaving it In the Kurage'
half the time.
I
It rmiiienlly hitppriiM Uuil whrti
n inni rled tiinn eeae to Ih a lotcr;
hinnr oier rlutp siarls In where,
ho It fl off. 1
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A l.R Grande man has noticed
that It Ih more dUftcult to make
money out of political footballs
lhan (he leather kind. I
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Moim ii (ioosi; i:si,D I
A dtllar. a dollar, a ten o'clock
scholar, j
Why don't you come before
dark?
I nurd to come nt ten o'clock.
Itul now 1 have to park.
i-tnkuaij vi:i.m;sday
UKUMN (AI) The funeral of
President Kbcrt will be held at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
I he Wllhelmstrasse palace, which
Is being used us t ho executive
mansion. Chancellor Luther, who
is acting president, will deliver the
oration. There will be no religious
services.
The body will he taken under
military escort through WHhelm
strasse to tlje reichslag Hleps
where the Iiear:a will hull while
President I ,oebe nf ()H iviebslug.
delivers an address on behalf,, of
that body und the public will have
an opportunity to pay its respects
to the dead.
The-procession I hen will move
across the Tieigarten through Die
Potsihim station. The ruiiernj Irhin
will leave rW Heidelberg at ;';itt'
o'clock In the evening, and inter
ment will take place In Heidelberg
at 10 o'cock Thursday inornli.fr.
ni();i:,i'iiic.M, ski;k h
(lly tht Associated
Subjected Id much ridicule,
chiefly by monarchist when 4 he
headed I he republic (hat succeeded
the downfall of he I lohcnzollcrn
reign In (.erm'any, Ktiedrlch Kbert
was regarded highly by the people
generally uml, in his own country
at leunt, was given the major por
tion of the credit for bringing or
der out of the chaos that fol
lowed tho abdication of Kmpuror
William.
When the u p 1 1 ea vn I came on
Nov. 0. I !t I S. Kbert aaminrd a
leading role, becoming chancellor
in succession to Prince Maxmlllan
of Pad en, who had been hiMtru-
mentul In negotiating tho armis
tice. Ho whs In offlco only 36
hours, being forced out when con
trol of tho government was taken
ovor by tho people's commission
ers. It was Kbert, It was said,
who by skillful maneuvers at that
time, prevented the radicals from
gaining, tho upper hand In tho
turmoil created by the revolution.
A few weeks later Kbert be-
cumu one or the six commissaries
who arranged for the first meet
ing of tho Gfrmun National As
sembly at Welmar'to form a pro
visional government of tho repub
lic. On Feb. 11, iai.9, he was
lected provisional president, re
ceiving 277 out of -the 379 votes
cast in the assembly. The consti
tution adopted by the National
Assembly provided that the ex
ecutive power lies with the peo
ple." : '
The provisional government
functioned until August 23.. when
Kbert took tho oath asjmperlul
president and two days Tutor the
National Assembly .ceased to exist.
being superceded by, the new
relchstag. Vp0n taking the oath
lTcsiuent Kbert said: "Tho es
sence of our constitution shall;
above ull, bo freedom, but free
dom must have law. This you
have now established. We will
jointly hold it. It will give us
strength to testify for the new
vital principle of the German na
tion, freedom and right."
During the first few months of
the provisional government Its
foundation was threatened by the
crisis which arose over the ques
tion of signing the the peace
treaty. President Kbert und his
first' premier, Phllipp Hcheidemann
were opposed to yielding to tho
demands of tho allies. With no
other course left but to accept,
K heldemunn and his cabinet re
s:gned and u pro-treaty government
wa formed, which included some .
of the ministers of the previous!
cabinet. The new government,
while denouncing the: terms of the
treaty, decided to accept it and
in July. 1 II 1 n. President Kbert
signed the bill ratifying the treaty.
With this phase of the treaty
crisis over the Kbert government
was confronted with tho problem
of getting delJ'gutos to go to Purls
and shoulder the responsibility of
signing the treaty. These were ob
tained after many declined what
they regarded us un empty honor,
because the opinion was practic
ally unanimous In Germany thut
the terms of tho treaty were un
just and sought to disrupt Ger
many us a nation.
Internal troubles were bobbing
up nearly every day In all parts
of the country but President Kbert
vigorously opposed the -varied
movement of Hpurtleists und Com
munists. Ho handled his difficult
job so well I hat when 11 came time
for the scheduled presidential elec
tion in l!Hi2 he was requested by a
coalition of several parties to re
main In office nut H June, 105.
which he agreed lo do. The elec
tion' of XWVl wns postnoned be
cause of the dangers of itolshevlst
nglliitlon and the general unsettled
conditions and hard times
prevailed I li rough out Gormuny,
Scorned Kaiser's Palace.
After the new government hud
been transferred to Ilerlln one of
Hie first announcements of Presi
dent Kbert was that he did not In
tend io live In the palaces of the
former kaiser. These, he char
acterised, as "museuni3 of a dead
epoch."
It was no easy task io hold to
gether the new republic because of
the' conditions that existed when It
mmm
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Young
M
en
$40.00
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was born. And even after it was
formed and functioning the new
government of the people was con
fronted with one danger after an
other. Scarcity of food, clulhing
and fuel, riots In various parts oT
the country, freouent agitations
and movements designed to over
throw t he republic and re-establish
tho monarchy and finally the
crash, of the . country financial
und monetary systems, which be
came, the joke of the business
world and which caused lis paper
money to depreciate until Its
money vuluu was less than the par
ner and ink of which it was mado.
President Kbert, however, weather
ed one storm after another and
final I v saw1 the dawn of a new day
for Germuiiy, which experts in
government agreed was brought
about by the Dawes reparations
plan.
claims against the said cstuto are
hereby required to present them to
;the undersigned with the proper
t vouchers within six months after
the date of this notice, und to so
present the same to tho undersign
ed at the office of H. K. Dixon,
La Grande;, Oregon.
Dated Kcbruary 2, 1925.
km ma Mcdonald,
Kxecutrix of the Kstu(u oL
1. A. McDonald, deceased.
Dixon, Attorney for' Ex-
, 11. K.
cculrlx.
Feb. 2-!-1 0-2:t-Mar. 2
Obituary
VICTOIl lltVIN CUOMV
Victor Irvin Cronin, uge 411 years
11 months und 4' days, imssed
away here hist evening. Mr. Cron
in is from KnUirprise und hts body
will be shipped there for burial
tomorrow morning. Hp wis born
March M. lS7i. He Is survived
by his wire, Mrs. li, L. Cronin.
and two sons.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned bus been appointed
Kxecutrix of tho estate of P. A.
McDonald, deceased, by the County
Court of the' Slate or Oregon for
Union County. All persons having
A . :
Reliable
Bank
Hcliabilily means
lu'lpfuliu'ss ;is writ sis
safely no matter what
Hie emergrncy.
La Grande
National Bank
ltclintili', 1'mKivv.hc
Shoes for Children
New slilimu'nt Just arrived Tor Sprln? und bummer wi-ur.
Prlcvd 75c tu $2.08
From Infants to No. 2 In Misses uml Hoys.
Norton's Kiddy Shop
We Solicit
Charge
Accounts
In Our Grocery Dcpurliiicnl
Grande Ronde Meat Co.
. MEATS GROCERIES
INCOME TAX
m:asov is iu;hk
llae your Income Tax Ntntemeiit prepared by one ulm knows.
Two jcur nith I'. S, Interim) llcicime Department,
If. M. MALONEY
ii,
l,A i.kamu;. tmixat.N.
I ' I r.ns-it.
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$2.10 Sack.
Every Sack Guaranteed.
$9.20 Barrel
I. title Ho-peep hud lot her sheep.
And couldn't tell where to find
iheni:
Alas und slack! At lust the.v camp
buck.
Waging their cross worths be
hind them.
I. Mile .link Horner Nat In 11 corner.
Making a foo1ih rhym. .
Uot wU.-n he fad fhiKf.-d, hfiny
a -diminished;
' I lie ( oiil Pill won t take It this
Miner
a
A friT ctMinfr.i N mir where o
i tin do nliiHM nmthliiQ nftrr you
iict tin piiUKT llcciiM Ihith.
tMerbcnnl In I trniule
"th. look! Puddv puts In little
Ntleks with the names on to re
mind the seed not to grow up Into
t he wrong thins "
Women governors sren't new.
hut these two will he first to draw
Ihetr pay dirvt.
A in iitt tteer c II in lis ihi high hi
hi'l a lit l U Nnttr-ml nhcii some
body aks his ndK-c.
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Next Wednesday, March 4th.
Al our garage, corner Fourth & Adams, La Grande, Oregon
Bcginninttat 9 a. m. and closing prompliy at 4 p. m., same day. The
clinic will he directed by (wo competent men from (he Ford Motor Co.
If you are a tractor owner or contemplate the purchase of a tractor
vo.i cannot afford to miss (his clinic. No attempt will he made to sell
tractors at this clinic.
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Cor. 4th. & Adams La Grande, Ore.
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