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J Wn.lnfsdav. May 20, 1025. Pape Four " THE LA' GRANDE EVENING OHSEPvVER $Ia rank i6wtutg (Dtacrfar An liiiN'iHiidt'iit N'WfliiM'r FRANK B. API'LFIIY Kdiior una l'ublhdie r JIAHVKY K MATHKWS HusIirh Manager Published evenings, except Sunday, at 14 1G Adams Avenue, La Grunde, Oregon. The ObHei vr-r-.Hlar published every Friday. Jintcred at the 1'ostofflcu ut La Grunde, Oregon, an Hecond Clans Mull Mutter under act of March 2, J 875. OFFICIAL VAVV.H OP UNION COUNTY ANO Tilii "" ' CITY OF LA UUANLK M F,M I1KH AHHOCIATFO I'KKHH The Associated i'rewi is exclusively entitled to use for pub lication of ull new dlspatchc credited to it or not othcrwiwt credited if published therein. All rights of repiiblicutioii of special dispatches lit this paper, and uluo the local news Lcro fn also are reserved. tiUUtiCJUITlUN jtAri;a By Carrier Dally, per inonlh Jti advance - 7Go luily, Blx months In advance .$4.b0 Daily, atnglo copy ,....&c Ily .Mall Dally, por month In udvancn COo -Dally, per six months In advance...- 1:1.50 .Dally, per year In udvunco $5.0'J 'Weekly Obsorver-Htur, jcr yeur ADVKHTIHJNU JtATLB Display, foreign, per column inch .4-o Display, local, per column inch ...... 40a Tltne contract rates on implication If5"'rV.'l)X THE BON OF MAN shall mud forth IiIh angels, and lhy ' ahull gather out of Jilii kingdom all t hltiga that oJ lend, and Client .which do inWulty. Matthew JuMl. t 'OUT OUR WAY By. WILLIAMS n VNuHl"' Y'?',,U',,4M HOOP" U-''-lP A?i' CamT eiMO -ojoV I A"M c mum Yin vTxl CT A 'I 'W'UftHS IRS f ( f:1 fil O If BOIl. OM iZ.AlntoH ATS f OU.H. ITU I hi J.I1. rj- t MOMtMr-s wt'D like Tti uve Over - The. OAfaiS. U .! CLOVER CREEK T m c OFFICE CAT ? Too many people think that culture con.sisls in reading jot written by some ancient who got ly lxicaii.se he had no competition. I Almost anybody can write a movie scenario, but'it's rard to find an author who can keep the director from jrriaking- a new Blory out of it. ' - An executive might lie defined as anyone who is free to think the weulher too nice for office work and seek the cool breezes of the golf course or trout stream. ' The proposal to perfume the Paris subways isn't made because they are now odorless, as any former American doughboy who sojourned ifi that gay city can testify. Whether you contribute one dollar or a hundred toward ,ll,ie Union county quoin of the American l.e;rion endow ment drive, the income fiom your contribution will be do- veiled to the care of the state's crippled children and the i orphan children of..VVopld War veterans, . AN KI'IDKMIC 0.' LAWS. ' : Somebody has said that "the best laws which have be!ii passed have been those by which r.ome I'oimcr laws have been repealed." If the rule hold:! good the evidence )oinls overwhelmingly to an iicute famine in such "best laws," for several authoiities in the (ueslion esliinale that Ui-.' United SUites now has in the neighborhood of 2,000,000 federal, state and municipal laws. It i: self cviilent that been wnrkin.r overtime leis maiulaini'd a very elTective nave have l)ie lawmaking bodic 1 lating new laws and i repoal strike. j Congress has a law-production oT ".00 a year. It i: estimated that the stale legislatures pass lfi.OOO new law every biennial The efforts of emigres.-! mid the legislature:- lire augmented by 18,000 municipal bodii ing'out new laws fifty-two weeks in the tho nation's statute books are "eniirhe laws. " The Memphis News-Sciniilar object: Ii'.WS on the grounds that "there seems tluv rich and one for the poor, and the middle class." All thiee classes complain of a superabundance of s which year. !" by are grind- Kvory year 200,000 new- bi the delude of to be one law fo: iboiil. two million for rich, poor and middle laws on the grounds that too many of them are idiotic, unnecessary or inipossi . bio of enforcement, ill-adviicd, radical or erratic, and eiui ccived by zealous minorities for the "eood" of the majority. A weekly periodical augjii': I.; that each lawmaking body bp matched with a lepealiiig body wio.;e duty it rhall It.1 to rescind two laws for every law eiiaclcd. The reconmien dation would have done well to have given the repeal body while the legislating bodies weie , a seeia long granted a long sess.iou recess. Mill Wood For Fuel Our Mill Is aualn In i"at!ni mul u will Im- itr;ivi, i i hint our HKtti.v (dd riflim-i s vail on us tin ftu I. I'.rMri put In n Mippl iion anil atdd di la (lit- lull, The (irande Rontlc l.umhrr Co. Retail Yard across tracks on Gimiwoml Ave. Yesterday In Washington Koine people live beyond their meaiiM, others live, down to their ineunneHH. - Correct this wntence: "Yes, it's a forty-two," suid the clerk, "but It makeH you look fclrlish," IIVM.V F J I AT 13 - I hate Nplnaeh, I'm not ahain d lit-jiiin 1 hate It. It's damp and -slimy; It looks like seaweed, but it hiiHtt't such a Kood ftavor. It is dark jrreen lut not a nice green HomelltiieH it is wrved with un egg. Anyhow the vkK loeHn't fool me, it simiIIh tin? fKK. 1 leave the Kiiinach fin my plate. I don't like It. Th" I .ti l i i flrul In Hi f I Miilnneh liuteil' It and he gave It to his children uk n punishment. They tried to leuvt It on their plates and he told them it was wood for them. It contain Iron, but not nice iron. I don't like it because If I dhl like It I should eiLt It and I don't like it. Mn u Is bid u worm: he roinet alonj,. wi'KlfH about for a time, and then a chicken k (s him. UK. NAM 1 ; NO NAMI'.S A fair contrib )kih sent uh A bit of scrambled verse. She say. 4, "You're free to change this For better or for worm1." We tolled till early morning With many a Mllfled curse-- iWe may have made It better, Hut we couldn't make it verse. I -'all h In human nature hi fine but at I hat you had belter lock your doors hen you retire at ihkIiI. In th spring an old man's fancy fondly turns to thoughts of golf. If (hey me going to clip a day off 'eli month and make a new cah-n-hu. suggest that they clip oil (he IIikI. Another mistake a lot of inert make In to say to their !': "I'll tlx your clock." It generally menus IIkiI a (ul''( Sunday nflemooti In spoiled. Am up-tdKe editor Is hi hid in,", hir e lie HihlMici Hie follow lug tribute In u local MM-irty woman: she I m-. alwnjs bad nian Iririids." , Miiece;i;if ul wlte: Any woman who can ma nave to look a ed while her hiiMh.iud Is doing his ning braggiiiK. ImpresKivi Ideutenant Miles in a tended by Coolldge. honors General funeral c 1'rcnideiit were p:til Nelson A. rcmony al and Mis. I'he man ho only move two ft ler guy. -an run et lii the mile and real on- ItnbbcT Crib Shrclin .(i iiulics hh wr yard Mh- KuMkt I'ants-whk tiiality ... , Fancy Diaper Hajrs $l.0f llomniod Dian, por tit 17.011 $2.70 It pays to buy at Norton's we sell for less. Norton's Kiddy Shop 'IIM'.Si; NTYI.I.K Petit lies; " , like to icy on that inse (lri In tin window. S;t Ionian: "Soi ry. Miss, Unit's the lamii dinde." tin-tty Outdoor Uoim-it I xeel in I inbitddeiy I.UMHIN (Al') - 'I'he modern uiil in laking a more Inh-lligi-nt lu- l.l.f,! In needlework than tlttl the irty Ylrloiiau. aeeordlng to Mrs. Mary Anlrohiis, who In re(tn""r by royal w arrant (if the tape.slries In 1 1 ol rot id. Wtndnor i 'a.slle unit i tlirklnniiaiti I'ahoc Mis. Autrobiis at-ted as one of the Judges al 1111 international nee dlew 01 U ctmti st here, ami Is con sidered one of I lie greatest author ities 111 Klll'ope im llirse iniilerklls.' Ihmttng imi-u, ami the girls who play hoe key nixl lean In and take an Inten-.tt In otildtior .sports are as a 'Ahole. tin- women u ho do the beat embroidery today. In the opin ion ol Mis. Antrolois. Nr.-dt.u 01 1, lullills a Mide of tiietr UeK w hieh portM do not. she as. bee.ius sporls me not creative and needle work ci riolnly is. Kiel ('mm I Traffic (.rows, in:iii.is (.r- Tunic J.irouKii tin- Kitd canal bust car had more than tripled sine,, the clom- of the World war and t lie total tonnage sm paMtt d Hmt or i:i;t. In the lat ter year :.l.;tL' i-sseln with a lota, toutm-:.' ,,f iM.:t4:i.;i-;i, pas.Mil ihrtMiich the canal. The number ol ve.HwriN in t t s wax I :.'.:'. aggre gating 4.T:'',een ions. I, list yeiir's tralllc sluiweil 4-,- ;t T:t . is it it a total tonnage of 13.4o4.l;. The liiulon ton has inlec mnaller than In ct. which may Uiok as bttf 4td liUlblj to bOUK! WOUlCll. Claston II, Means attt'end'eo to the local court and asked lo he sent to Atlanta to begin a tw o yeur sentence. Officers of the submarine S-l . w liich gi ounded last Jam; n y a Nniisi't bench. Mass.. were ordered courtmartialed by Secretary Wil bur. Senator Watson of Indiana an nounced that a fin:' I effort to make prohibition offer-Jive hid been decided on by the adminis tration. Members of the t'ouzens com mittee' criticised prohibition en forcement methods. a The depart u. en or j -tstl(K? an nounced It would app'-al the de rision of 1 he St. I'a'il courts; ' -n the Harvester dissolution can.'. Announcement that 1 tidjtimu would Institute dt'Wt-ruudim: ne gotiations brought an oj;l tints, it icatdlon fiom high .government officials. A al raw ote show:i a majority wdll have new hats lndre long. firoat Britain's back on the g(Hd slntKlai'd. So are our ib'nl kits f'l.OVKK C'HEKK, (Speckil) MIhh ilernieo West closed a very successful term of school on Clover Creek May 15, She expects to re main in this vicinity for a week or ten days then return to her home near North 1'owder. Hhu will enter Normal school in June for a five weeks course. She will teach school here again next year. Henry Herman of Island City, came to Clover creek recently to get his water tank and fanning mill, which he had stored ut the Holmes place. Mr. Herman was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Curnes while here. The grass is very good on the raiigo at present. Three fourths of tlx: shapplrcll brush was killed by the winter cold. 'I'he deer brouse on this brush. Koine of the young growth of yellow pine trees were also killed. Ktandley Shaw- was a recent busi ness visitor to I.u Grande. Charles Scot I of I'nion. was here recently visiting at the home of his daughter and transacting business. Axel Itowen, ol North 1'owdci, was a buiitncau visitor in this vicin ity lust week. i A number of hois s were brought hen- a few days ago from lVruile- ton. They will be used in construe-j lion work on the IJakcr-Cornueopia j highway. They ). -longed to Johni Teiuple, who (eases horses for con-1 slriictiun work. The man accom-' puttying the horses reports uiJ -thiinduuce of grain around I'en-j diet on, hut that nearly all of the altalfa was killed by ihe cold dur ing the winter. Mr. Sorenseii ol North 1'owder, was a visitor at the Tulbott farm recently. Several species of migrating birds have passed through hero re cenlly on their journt y north. Two trucks of furniture were taken to the Jacobs mill this week. Tiny expect to begin work there soon and many families are plan ning to move hen? from I'nion. hns 1'etetsou, Jay Cuwn ami Albert Hutchinson came out from Norh J'owder recently and round ed up and sorted out some cuttle lo take back with thorp. ThuiJtlay and Friday the eighth ,;rade state examinations were giv en. The irc)ticnt showers of the past week have been very beneficial to the crops. Gardens are looking fine. Miia I.ydia Sailor spent the week (ad with the OeYore family. Miss Sailor taught school In I At Grande 1 he past winter. 'I'he Gardner family will h ave ' for Nyssi, Oregon, Mond-riy. Sain 1 Augliey will also go lip to help through haying. The craws in (his vicinity were unti'h annoyed Sunday by the ef forts of some of the sportsmen to destroy (heir nests.' New Silk Prints In Dresses IN GEORGETTE CHIFFON PRINTED CREl'E BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS, TAILORING AND FINISHING UNSURPASSED. THE NEW NOVELTY DRESS SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY Two Special Groups of Prints Si 2. 50 at ul 8 17. SO To Sec Them Is To Buy Them. N. K. West & Co. Inc. & mi 1 Mu-kntt Led hi nlue Furs I'll h! need In Canada I.a-t Yenr OTTAWA (Al'i- Uaw Him val ued at $l.ri.M:,M 7, bas.-d on ire vaillng market jirices, were pro duced In Canada last year, the bu reau of statistics reports. Silver and ret) fox, mink, oiler, lynx and coyote fur recorded un Increase in output ever I'J'i'i. In point of aggregate value th" muskrat was the most important fur producing animal, contributing 2.BS5.395 pelts worth $:t,44(t,:iG:!. followed by beaver with l:i.l7:i pelt a valued at 2J42,2, and mink with l!l!i,r41 pelts worth tt;i,5(iK. While fox and silver and red foxes ranked next. Haircuts are up in Chicago, in.iy be flue to the spring rush. Mattresses - Rugs Cleaned - Kcbulll. Feather Mallifs.-cs .Made IMIIows Itemnuteii l lufr Itus Mude fiom old carpets, 1 uinll ii re Kepitli-ed and ICeeovcntd (..: . La Grande Mattress & Weaving Works Licensed I uniigalor I'IIOM; II' l-U Clias. Fdwardv, Frnp Don't Permit the Crawling Stage lhictnis and Nurses agree (hat mothers should not permit tlx1 crawling stage. When your baby is 6 to 12 months old, and shows a desire to "go," put htm In TAYLOIl-TOT and tot TAW IT 1 know that he is learning lo walk correctly. The seal Is adjustable in height and TAYLOR - TOT grows as your baby grows no strain ed or unnatural positions. Mother is freer when baby Is In the hands of TAYLOIt TOT, the -liaby Specialist' for he will amuse himself all day long safely, . Think what It means to be relieved of this care. When baby has learned to walk TAY LOU-TOT Is eas ily converted into an Ideal Go-Cart. ami later a Coaster Car I hrec valuable buoy necessities for the price of one S.Ytt.'i Set? TA YLOIt-TOT nt W. H. Bohnenkamp Co. rot i! I looks oi-' i- im; i i i!M i i LA GRANDE IRON WORKS MACHINE SHOP AND I'OtJNIMSY All IU111I3 o( .Mmlilnrry, AiilomoMlos anil Traclon Ilcpalrod OvL-rhatili-i anil llctinllt Aivlylcno Wi-lillni; of All Kinds Cjrllnili-r norlng ami Orrrslio IMslonn CruikshafUs, I'I-Kiiih ami I'lslun l'lns Jii icrouoil OIVB US A TUIAI, D. FITZGERALD Prop. READ THE OBSERVER CLASSIFIED ADS fiiwsW . I The Nearest 1 f! SttM ' Service !: aadpstier rord ' titHy ttyXtJiX Service IMSIM Perkins - y wMWtMi m I Mm I W 1 n .-71.. " .ij- Tt. tkL u v i 1.1 ;m ri T-i v 1 r r " l -1 1 a a jl. w mA a 1 IWilMli il1 Says 1' WMMlU I A ND in mm-: cases out of ten j it is his own fault if he Prill 2$ builds a "shaniy" instead of a Mil mansion. 3 1 j K m TAY.OH--rOT Tuiikuc a vtiliiitli'.e iicc,-!isf)i-y fur eonvi-llnu TA VI.OIt-TO'i' Inlo a Go-('!irl. l-'ohls i;i u Killall niKU-0 out or tin way. K a a i I y atl.-i,-hr.l. Only S 1 .01) uililitional. Build your future on the sturdy foundation of compound interest. Talk to us about real money saving today. La Grande National Bank A woman tutd me lodiy. "I thought the shoes al Tin liootery were high prieel, hut when I pl'lerd them to- day 1 was surprised to s-e what I could buy fur a lit tle money. Shoes ;:nd slip pers I bought that I paid $7 nnd $s for last year. 1 can get today fr :t.;n to :... And children's shoes priced :i cheap as they have theui now, Just think! "."to for First -Steps, ; to .. I usu ally pay $l.ti to JlATt fr w hat 1 bought. f. 1 to S only 11 1.".. This Is only half price for these. And Si lo 11. leg ilar $;:.ai', and idl they are asking newels n pair. 1 guess they're broke or hard up; bnt I should w orry, w hen I can sae a dollar or two nil each pair. You know, we like to ttave W ht 11 we call. So gm 1 bye. see you tomorrow ." THE B00TEKY (.AY 1IAYHLN. Mar. Aivli-Ald Mum- for Ladles mid Men Is The Time To Do Your Paintind Whether you contract your work or do it yourself Wc would like the opportunity of quot ing you on the PAINT. FAMOUS NORTHWEST PAINTS Sawyer-Holmes Merc. Co. Phone Main .17