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"" ' CITY OF LA UUANLK
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'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.
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CLOVER CREEK
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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been repealed."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
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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 $:t,44(t,:iG:!.
followed by beaver with l:i.l7:i
pelt a valued at 2J42,2, and
mink with l!l!i,r41 pelts worth
tt;i,5(iK. While fox and silver and
red foxes ranked next.
Haircuts are up in Chicago, in.iy
be flue to the spring rush.
Mattresses - Rugs
Cleaned - Kcbulll.
Feather Mallifs.-cs .Made
IMIIows Itemnuteii
l lufr Itus Mude fiom
old carpets,
1 uinll ii re Kepitli-ed and
ICeeovcntd (..: .
La Grande Mattress
& Weaving Works
Licensed I uniigalor
I'IIOM; II' l-U
Clias. Fdwardv, Frnp
Don't Permit the
Crawling Stage
lhictnis and Nurses agree (hat
mothers should not permit tlx1
crawling stage. When your
baby is 6 to 12 months old,
and shows a desire to "go,"
put htm In TAYLOIl-TOT and
tot
TAW
IT 1
know that he is learning lo
walk correctly. The seal Is
adjustable in height and
TAYLOR - TOT grows as
your baby grows no strain
ed or unnatural positions.
Mother is freer when baby
Is In the hands of TAYLOIt
TOT, the -liaby Specialist'
for he will amuse himself all
day long safely, . Think
what It means to be relieved
of this care.
When baby has learned to
walk TAY LOU-TOT Is eas
ily converted into an Ideal
Go-Cart. ami later a Coaster
Car I hrec valuable buoy
necessities for the price of
one S.Ytt.'i
Set? TA YLOIt-TOT nt
W. H. Bohnenkamp Co.
rot i! I looks oi-' i- im; i i i!M i i
LA GRANDE IRON WORKS
MACHINE SHOP AND I'OtJNIMSY
All IU111I3 o( .Mmlilnrry, AiilomoMlos anil Traclon Ilcpalrod
OvL-rhatili-i anil llctinllt
Aivlylcno Wi-lillni; of All Kinds
Cjrllnili-r norlng ami Orrrslio IMslonn
CruikshafUs, I'I-Kiiih ami I'lslun l'lns Jii icrouoil
OIVB US A TUIAI,
D. FITZGERALD Prop.
READ THE OBSERVER CLASSIFIED ADS
fiiwsW . I The Nearest 1
f! SttM ' Service !:
aadpstier rord
' titHy ttyXtJiX Service
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1 IWilMli il1 Says
1' WMMlU I
A ND in mm-: cases out of ten j
it is his own fault if he Prill
2$ 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