Friday) DecemW IS, 102'
TTTE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Paere Four
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JitMmnbt jEfrcumij bserfrer
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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.
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Cliu Mail Matter under act of Marco 2. 171.
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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
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"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
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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
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'. 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
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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
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