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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1925)
Friday) DecemW IS, 102' TTTE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Paere Four 1 JitMmnbt jEfrcumij bserfrer (Incorporatf!) An Independent Newspaper FRANK B. APPLEBY.. .Editor and Publisher HARVEY F. MATTHEWS. .w..vUusiDHM Manager publish abed evenings, except Sunday, at lili Adama Avenue, La Grande, Oregon. Tbe Obeerver-Star p jblUbtsd every Friday. Entered at tbe Poatofflco at 1a Clrunde, Oregon, aa Second Cliu Mail Matter under act of Marco 2. 171. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNT! AND THI2 C1TT OF LA GRANDE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to use for pub lication of all new dlnputcbea credited to It or not otherwlaa credited If published therein. . All riKhis of republication of special dispatches In this paper, and aiao tba local i.ewi here in also are reserved.' SUBSCRIPTION KATUH , . i , Hi Carrier tally, per month ta advance... w , ttslty, six Hi on l ha In advance ....... ... Daily, atiigle copy , 75o -$4.60 Itj Mall Pally, per month In advance. Dally, per six mouth In advance Daily, per year In advauee-. Weekly Observe r-Slar, per year. Ib.oo $ 2.1)0 '' ADVCRTIHINO HAT KB Display, forwlgn, per column Inch,.. .. . ......... 42q Dlsnlay. local, per column Inch. . "Q Time contract rates on application CTKHINO OR IHKSKINO: Cursed be the. man ihui Ii-uh!-clti In man. and mahelb flesh Mm arm, mid whose heart de parteth from tho J.ord. ,..Bleed in the- man that tnisteih in tho Iiid, and whose hupe the l,jrd la. -lui't niiuh 17:5-7. Stores will be open evenings the last days before Christ mas to accommodate the man who has a wife but hasn't a calendar, - - . There always will be people who work alioiit two-thirds; of the day, who watch the clock incessantly, and who con sider the boss' interests last. And they always .wonder why their job doesn't pay more or get them further. The British baronet who has been in the business of shipping liquor cargoes to the American coast din ing the j last year finds it an unprofitable venture and is in bank- i ruptcy court. That others connected .with tho receipt on ' . this side have not suffered a similar or worse fate is a ' sad commentary on-American law.. . (. , . i ' ! ; : ; SAFER. ',. : . I - In 1904 the American railways carried 49,712,503 pass engers one mile for1 each passenger killed ; in 1914 they 'carried 1(52,401,815 passengers one mile for each killed; in 1921. they carried 244,612,919 passengers one mile for each one killed. These, figures, taken from the Railway ,'Ajfe, show' that travel1 by irl,pow i en lyn, -fifth b- haa aidous as it was 20 years ago. In fact, about the safest place one can be is on a railway train. It is safer than being in bed, for it was Mark Twain who painted out the perils of the latter, so many persons die there. The high mark in passengers killed was reached in 1907. Since then chere has been an almost steady1'' decrease, literally so in proportion to the number of passengers carried. The favorable showing in railroad -operation extends; also to the employes. In 1904 one man out of each "57 ; employed was killed. In 1914 this had been reduced to' one in 538, and in 1924 to one in 1,104. The introduction fif' safety appliances as well as the inculcation of. cautious-.; ( ness has had this gratifying effect. So long as the human, equation is subject to err there will be accidents which! cannot lie foreseen. The most that can be done is to con fine them, to the minimum and jn-njrrcss to thai end cer tainly is lieing- made. A NEW PERIL. 1 ' j Civilization has weathered wars involutions, reformers,1 crime waves, peace, war debt and disannliment conferences, bolshevisms, communism and the fascisti, prosperity and panic, quake and tornado, reckless driving and jay-walking, and the combined detonations and fulminations of jar., static and the saxaphone, but there is a new peril that is moi deadly than the yellow. ! A man has been asphyxiated ley the fumes from dough-, nuts flying in a pot of lard. .lust when the world was resting easier and becoming reconciled and adjusted to the one-thousand-and-one other perils which infest this globe, this most unexpected and lamentable peril arises. Who would have looked for such violence from the mild and tractable doughnut? Never before has it been guilty of homicide nor has it been known to resort to mob law, rioting or disorderly conduct. ' The only trouble than, can be traced to this most do mestic of culinary cvolvements, until this present crime, is the provocation of some controversial friction on the question whether a doughnut is a cruller or a fried cake, lioth or neither. Some contend the doughnut is not a dough nut, but a cruller, and that a cruller is a doughnut without the hole. In another geographical section the cruller is a fried cake and the doughnut is a fried cake full of air. For the sake of the merest fragment of belief that there are still harmless and innocent tilings in this world, it is to lie hoped that the coroner's jury erred aiid that the victim asphyxiated himself arguing over when is a doiiirhtnul not a doughnut. OFFICE CAT .RAO. MAM. .10. I fnvt km w n won mu wlio had hruvi'ii n Ihelr f. hi it II wii. ttislj' Pl no farther. i ' . -v Good credit in the axle crease whhh helps the wheel o around. : nenvmber, the pirn with the dreamy iyes are usually thu.iiioat Wide awake. ' ' v XKi'K Kit1 "i ' The hoy Mood on the hurntn? derk, W ith hi arms around hi Hweetlr' n'H-k; - Hie father called;, he did not fro localise he loved to neck her so. . .vmnu'.u, note I'YetOiinen will find that liniment a pi'J it d to t he itej(, will make lln-IIl MlKUt. . . ! I Wow ii: "Ihi iiii I'iiiuk the dead ran ciniiiiittih-att' wil'.i us?" lilac h : know I hey (nu'l. iOm-e i utiiinmed to iKirmw a dd- tar rieiu n s-ieliiiian. , week ! later he died, ami I haven't heanl Ja word shu t. ' . . f t ! "Ihlt why" ahl;'fI Hie city friend ;nf the Mrliiii'han dwelh-r, "do von , atl(iv yimr llllle hoy lu play in j I h' mod 1 ''Well you M'e,''" miHW red the snljiirhuiiite, - "we're pctttntr Mm u.sed to ilirl. We're Kiinx lo make a city pnlille'hin of him." i ' ! "The world will he overcome by! a monstrous flood of win." Kaid lht preacher. "Ham it.' i The church honrd canned Mm jthii ncjet tlay. !Of nil (ho sail surprlsin j 'I'herc'H noilihiR to ctinipare, j With trchdiiu; hi the dnrknesy On n step thai Isn't there. All women are alike except nome aro more r.Hke than oihern. Moilnrnljiinp It: ' "Joseph had a rout of flowered georifette." The fnct 1h you have never been Riven nything, but b;ive . been sold many thlntr allegeil to be WILLSOX WINS 2-YE.K FIGHT 'jKlnu4 Irorn rag One.) Yesterday 1 In Washington eiflon just handed down, reverKes the lower court judgment and difl rliarffcs the defehdiint. Whhsiiread intention' was at tracted to tho case from the hetjin ninif. It was bitterly, contested by hoth Hides. Green A.- Hem, F. R Ivanlioe arid J hhc ('ruin were at torneys fur lr. Willson t hroutrh om. The Ktnte has b-en represent-' td from the first by K. i;. j:inKO. :illd4 Kinee January, 1 tiJ5, by Carl G. Ilelin. district attorney. .Mmy witneMts wen called from Kl.-rin and l-'i Grand'.1 during Uk; I rl.d and retrial. World court fifcht beKtin in sen ate. Ilouno mukj'ii rapid progress on tux bill. Colonel Mitchell found fuitty with penalty fixed tit five years KuHpenslon. Kxtenilon of rural nutll delivery sen-ice approved by President Cool Id KO. Senate filease of South Carolina asks for investigation of use, of Tobacco is not uei r(r smoking iiy the Indians of Santa Abirta. ColViuihi'i, hut il enlers into th'dr ceit iuoniiii form of embaKsy li(tiors. XYK COXTT.ST SIOKTIEACKFO M'AKHIXOTON (AP) The con test over the flcutln? of Gerald 1. Nye as n ."enator from North Dako ta will not be taken up by the en-" al itself until after the holiday re -cess. W. L. NELSON Til !; STATIONER Christmas Cards, Clirisluias Ti-ee Ornaments lioxed Stationery "Ulirii tm M-i- It in ! al -H'w (nil." i;sh;; AJanw Af." R.MMlXKItK NAMU lll'.AKS Mi:i)roni). ow. (its- the a.so. rliilccl i'r.-xii) Thn 1 ! 2 cuiivcn llon of tlio Oriiron I lorl U-iilt in al B-iftj- will he held at Salem. This was ih-clrlcil lit ycHtt'Dlay'H conven tion here, anil the rollowliiR offi cers for next year wero elected:' l-'loy.l T. Keynolila of Salem, ire ohlent: r. A. ltced of Hon.l iclwr, vice. president. and , Clayton J l.onir of CurvalliH re-ch-eted sec ret rv-t rensiirer. I'n-leinlert .MHk s .' "Only Safe Milk" liien-il In your Iloor lly AIT. K.MII.V I1AIIIV I'hoiif .M IX li IN The most modern and tanltaiy in Knsturn Orepon. X- VJf Candy MAKKS Christmas SWEKTEK PWI'KTS on n liox of randy makes a welcome Kift. it stands fur tmrlty and fresh ness. One, two and flv,--t)outt'i hoes are sli.-cially pueki d for Kift-Kivintr. if i. (io to ?:..oo Moon Dru Go. IUJY SU.MKTHlt; 1 Oil THE ( All THIS CHRISTMAS Perkins Motor Co, I'hone M-r0(). Cor. 4th and Adams The Start Isn't Hard M'T KEKriNO AT TOl'U RAVINGS AC COl'NT IS WHAT COINT8. . . . IS TOI'US CP.OWINQ ltKOrl.AHl.T EVKKt WEEKt La Grande ! National Bank I Round nellnbl - ProtesMTe A Goo J Place 9 to Eat... Three Times A Day. .Try our genuine sour dough Hot Cakes. They are the kind you have always wanted. Our Merchants' Lunch is all you can eat, and it is all good to the last mouthful. After the day's work, come and enjoy a juicy steak while Mann's orchestra drives all troubles away. Once tried, you will always say, , "It is the best." The Silver Grill All American. Practical Gifts of Fine New Dress Fabrics Practical Gifts for within the home, in these Gift Suggestions from West's, La Grande's Leading Store. Many new and pleasing g'-ts listed below that will last long after Christ mas is past. Dainty, useful little gifts that perhaps "She" wouldn't buy for herself, but would be sure to appreciate. SILK PItLTS---in the season's smartest colors and patterns, checks, stripes, plaids and geometric patterns of intriguing de sign. You will also find a number, of suggest ions for trimming in the way of fur, buttons and ornaments in our Notion Department. .$2.25, $2,50, $3.25 MADERIA III IjtiiH'hcoii and Ittiff '( Sets, Scarfs, Ihdlics, niel .Napkins, all or dainty s!-e and delxu nil iiiijforied it1tT $1.83 to $12.50 STAMPED GO01)$ f linen for anily seN, luncheon sets, towels, inni hluatldits mid ninipcis. We al-i hinc llir 1. M. ( . in nil colors for Win-klni;. 50c to $:i.50 SILK SPREADS BABY BLANKETS Or krlnkle Hoth in sirii'd cltijrns of several colors and combinations of yellow, rose and blue. Sonic or these bae holster cloths. $7.75 to $8.75 Willi Mother Loose clmrat'-lei-s on them, or khh) )iiality eolton nod wool. In hoi ii pink and hlur. with M-alloped and satin' Imund cdcs. $1.15 lo $100 i 1 '. A W-"-" JiS(&th o Linens the Gift. . That's Appreciated Fine linen Lunch Sets and Guest Towels, Initialled Guest Towels, Pillow Cases, Stenciled Table Cloths these are. gifts that every housekeeper prizes. By giving Linens you show a knowledge of the innermost wishes of womankind. Boxed Handkerchiefs 25c to $1.50 Balli Towels with crochet ends and col ored woven designs $1.50 to $2.50 Linen Guest Towels, hand embroid ered $1.30 If you want real bargains, don't overlook our Children's 25c Hose and Ladies' Ready made lloue Dresses at $1.95. Little Girls' $1.50 Hand-made Bead Piuses for $2.00. Norton's Kiddy Shop t.TiT)itiln In Infant' .nil C'hlidrfn'. Vw ' Gift Handkerchiefs of Dainty Design Oid any woman ever have too many handkerchiefs? She is sure to be de lighted with any of these dainty cre ations of linen, lawn, lace and voile, with every description of trimmings in a varied assortment of colors. J 35c to $2.50 BUTTONIERS Those chic looking collar adornments that are so popular today. We have them in every size, shape and color of silk, velvet and organdie. , 60c to $1.75 TOWEL SETS CONSISTING I'" WASH ci.frrn AND TOWKI. IV KKVKKAIi COI.OUS. I'ACK Kl IN. DAINTV 15 I T T ItOXKS. 95c to $1.65 BOCDOIR LiVMPS MAN V . NKW NOVK:. siiArr.s. am. nicAi Tii-i i.- l.Y TitlMMHI) JN A Nt:I HKll oi-' counts. COM-l'l.KTI-I WITH com l. $125 to $6.90 " BIB SETS lunv si:ts ov mn and TDWHI, WITH K.MIiltOID- i-:iii:i) MOTiiKit (ioost-: CIIAftACTKISS I V PINK, III.I'U ANI YKM.OW. 85c BUFFET SETS OP I.INKN. CONSITINU OP I'KNTKKI'lRfB AND TWO SMAU.KH I'lRCKS. COMKS IN HKVKItAI, COI.onK AND SIIAI'KS. $1.13 lo $1.65 SEW-ME-ONS TIIK NKW NtlVHI.TY "l 'A TCI IKS" o 1 1 N A M I-". NTS Idlt I.ITTI.K 1'OI.K'V CI.OTIIKS AND I'll,l.oVS - .ICS I' "SKW-Mi: ti." 25c lo $1.25 - RUBBER APRONS A i:i:y rii.U Tic.w, i;i;-t AND SI UK To IM.KAS::. IN A Nl'MI'.KIt oV HTVM'S AND col.tlli.S; AI.Sd CIIII.DIIKN. 50c lo $2.00 N. K. WEST & CO. La Grande's Leading Store For 25 Years. LOOK OVER OUR WANT ADS FOR BARGAINS ,41 t -v. I m ' JL. Ji JL yJ III The Holiday Manner Ituuhline the surety of its welcome is the t:.iy Christinas gift that covers its practical purpose with beauty and distinction. Smart Toiletries not nn!v add oond loiikt tn their titilitv hnr 9vnmi rh added virtue of carrying the happy holiday spirit as lonu as they last far into the New Year. , I hi year, more than ever before we have succeedrd in assembling a most com prehensive assortment of hue Toiletries, from which we will be clad to assist you in making selections. .P1QUANTE GIFT EOX RED CROSS DRUG STORE 1 -al r 1
