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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1925)
Monday, Decanter 2S, 1925. Page Four THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER t JiiMmnbc jEfrntmg Observer (Incorporated) An Independent Xewpaper FRANK B. APPLEBY- -Editor and 1'ublUliar HABVEZ F. MATTHEWS-. -Buaineaa Manager PubllahM evening, except Sunday, at 141ft Adama ATenue, Xa Grande, Oregon. The Obaerver-giar p'Jbiiibed everjr Friday. Entered at the Poatofllca at La, Grande, Oregon, aa Second Claaa Mall Matter under act of March 2. 1171. OFFICIAL PAPER OF UNION COUNTY AND THJC CITY OF LA GRA.NDB MEMBER ABHOCIATED PREBB The Aaaodated Prvw ia exclualvely entitled to uee for pub lication of all newa diapatcbea credited to It or not otherwiae credited U publlabed therein. All right of republication of pedal diapalchee In thia paper, and alao the local lwi hero in aiao are reserved. SUBSCRIPTION KATES ' By Carrier Daily, per month In Dally, alx months In advance . Dally alngl aopy .76e -1 4.eo By atall Dally, per month In advance- Daily, per elx month! In advance Dally, per year In advance- SO -IZ.60 Weekly Observer-Star, per year- -6.00 -12.00 ADVERTISING nsptay. foiulgn, per column inch nspiay. local, per column inch- RATEB -4VS rim contract ratea on application JIEHCY AKSl liKI): Jl. that covrr-th .in shall not pronper; but whosoi-vi-r eoi'f-ss;th and forbaketh lln-in shall huvo mercy. Proverbs 2: la. .The Shenandoah investigation is closed. The Ixtard heard testimony lelating to all details of the hiff ship and its operation. There were charges and counter charges. And about the only undisputed feature brought out is that the ship was wrecked. Isn't that a rather common out come for a government investigation? Here it is, almost the first of a new year and La Grande is still minus adequate street lighting in the business dis trict (and in the residential district, for that matter). If an altered city charter is necessary to get the proper im provement district formed, the question should go cyi the ballot at the first election possible. Getting the lights is liot going to be a difficult task nor an expensive luxury, but "letting George do if will put us in the same spot a year from now. Another matter of equal impoilance is the extension of the corporate limits of the city, which should also be voted on at the first opportunity. MORE MOTOR CARS. In the year now closing more motor vehicles have been made and sold than in any previous twelvemonth yet the demand appears in no way satisfied. Manufacturers -tire planning for a greater output next year. Observation might seem to indicate that the country is pretty thoroughly motorized, but a more accurate test is the manner in which; the new production is absorbed. There have Ijcen pessimists I who . have warned of over-production. There have been I lulls at times but the general trend has been in the direc-j tion of wider and wider ownership. Until every family that I wants a car and can find the means to get it is supplied the domestic market will not settle down to a replacement basis. Cuts in the prices of some popular cars are promised as a feature of the new year. The cheaper the cans nalur-j ally the' more of them will be sold. Moreover, the terms! on which cars can be bouglit have stimulated sales in-! finitely lc.vond what they would have been had the busi-j ness lcen kept on a cash basis. The difficulty of financing OUT OUR WAY By WILLIAMS'. rfl'rUA dont sir at ml uhtPX : i . , THAT VOUMOt laov! ano 41 '1 i -sTC?AawTEM out That uPl Ag-iyL" . DOjT Give me AmM OF Those 1 ssjpfff ( j H: Bored duchess looks ete.r 1 J VNHEM 1 TELL NOO TO PRACTISE! I 11 . AK0 MOwE OF This GETYlWCx ri tpi U UP To Ctr A DRimX OR M V LSOMETHiMa EVERV TNO y til JtJtSc -The oailv semo-off. .m.,'ud. A3S OFFICE GAT aads mmii mto. 2 will ko into h Wfck. "She )Uil the spirit of Kcventy- "Welt, why shouldn't sho have? She was seventy-six." Short dresses mike the men more polite. You seldom see a man get in a oar uhcad of one A hoi i C the only way lu Instill a;now. Klrl nowilav. i to tell aier blit: j needs a JuUrcit. I 'f,"(''' upon u time there was n : mnn who hrouwht buck the uin- Kriendly nations are ihose that , brullu he borrowed. can insult one another politel). - J If on mint tii hear some one "I It true that I:ilintUs (liow tn,k l,ot,r "r rrdiin- that uoimn live to be older than ' --hT why he nturiMsl from men?' Morlila. "They oiiKht to. Taint' u great I jr-iervuliv you know." j She What heavenly Jazz llel's dance: ItKMKMBKH TJI13 KMlUAX "That ln't jazz the waiter 'Didn't I see you going down the dropped our dinner.'" street the other day with un uppie i in your hand?' ; j riiiman (pompously) 'I work "(julte so, old. chap. I was got ng my head, sir." to call on tlie doctor's wife.' i Countryman "That in't notin. I So does a woodpecker." h The wor!J was made in seven i j Farm i Pointers l : i Watch! Wait! FOR N. K. West & Co's. 28TH ANNUAL January Clearance Sale EVERY ARTICLE IN THE ENTIRE STORE REDUCED SEE THURSDAY'S PAPER . N:.lLW&Go.''Iiic, La Grande's Leading Stoic For 23 Years fit HAS the purchase of a car has been so nearly completely re- moved that sccuriny; room on the road in which to run it lifter it is Ixwjrht is almost more of i problem. The situa tion in the latter respect will jp-ow worse as the number of cars increases unless steps arc taken to relieve the congestion and that is not easily accomplished. dtiyjv ..You ee,. lt wasn't necessary to consult the senate. Iiiim is pluet' wlteri joii nn Co and rnisr t-ain tjvt-ntu lliinir went unmfc at Ui off ho - or In onr work. STlU, MOKK Kl'ITAl'ilS iierc lien lite honi'H of liarh-y Uale. A chief e:ecutie immense. . We hope when lies at Heaven' Kuto St. 1'ete's "In Conference." Here's u thut's left of Hubert Spa rs Who Minified off n;?il twi'llt- i in : He tied to sit In smoking earn And tjurry peoph. "What's jour line?" Toll the deep h.-ll for l'ercy Kent Who nryr risked a sinjrte cent Hut after every race wan run Told how ntueh com lie, could hae won. The Three Ks-liouKc. Hulled Stocking. He'l Hot Mamma. old dops iiMiully know too many tricks, anyway. TIIK COOI) OKI) DAYS. Diaiies and other documents of the sixteenth and seven teenth centuries show that thin generation inhnited the book of etiquette and the temptation to ridicule the rules f etiquette and table manners and those who observe them religiously. From a look published in 1 (WJ.'l are taken these lules governing the conduct of a lady at the festive boaid: "A gentlewoman being at table abroad or at home must observe to keep her body straight, and lean not by any means upon her elbows nor by ravenous gesture discover a voracious appetite. Talke not when you have meate in your mouth; and do not smacke like a pig nor eat speene meat so hot that tears stand in your eyes.' For lover of the wassail bowl and the master of Jiis house this seventeenth century prototype of the hook of etiquette offers these instructions; "It is very uneourtly to drink so larye a draught that your breath is almost gone, and you ,ne forced to blow Ktrongly to recover yourself. Throwing down your liquor as into a funnel is an action fitter for a juggler than a gen tlewoman. In carving at your own table distribute the lest pieces first, and it will appear very decent to us a fork; ko touch no meat without it." Another Knglish writer of the same period casually comments on silver forks "being ustd of late by some of our Hprucc gallants. The folk was invented in Italy early in the iteenth century and introduced in Kngland soni-J yeai later. Twentieth century reactionaries who refuse to substi tute the foik for the fingers and knife obviously have more precedent than the folk feeders, for it was only three hun dred years ago that fingers and knives were projH'r in loyal society. There seems to have I teen no diffeivntintion between good and bad table manners of that olden day. one diner's being as good, and piobably jut as sonorous, us another's. Here lire Koine part of Wnns liaiiK t'hoo. . . Hi.s head, hin arms, and hold It In knei-H; H- (cave u hiundry ticket lo A man who understood Chinese. Hurtitmr our bridge tH-hlni joii tMi't mo dai if you can Mwim. l.oe if the innlMy that tiiiik.t n voi"'!: in.'n forret how mn nv time "lllack Prince" Tn-iiMin' Ship Heliei I-'imiimI liy Hun-laiw HKMAhTOI'AU i A I) Stories of the Crimean War and sunke n trea- ?.sur- hae liet-n n'ived hy the re ported location of "Hlaek I'rince. a -Hritbdi chip, which .foundered in Hsihtkliiva Hay. Kor seventy yearn tin Hrltlsh and HuH-sian (lovernnifttiH a In ter rain hue heen marehini; for the xHp, for when K went flown It had aboard IS.OVM.fMMl in told. I'.etcnt- rly Huian divers brought to tile Mirfiice a mt made of teak wood, whtfh believed lo have belonged to the i)huk l'riitc'." (Mirini: the lo-iuht of (he Criiu- I'iin war me nip cmereu i.ai;m tlaa H:i with H caro "f p(tld, ! foodfl 11 f fw. m-iltcii KiipplieH anti !iuiuiunition for the u1la kinK ai'in ie. A xtoru! arose and the "Hlaek . I'rinee' ffiumb ied. the entire crew peri()iiiikr. 'I'he Kreat depth of thn bay. which In placi'K i-i 7'mi fei-t. nvikes the work of ilivrs difficult, but the Hu.sMaii k ernment i hope ful lb- treasure of yld e lit itally Will be rellieteil. Time ehauu h people. You nee loin of oers-iin els wliti are afraid In th-'r f.it wet now. (iloria's Husband (iocs to AVork M.i'm nt d- la faltO', buobind of (Inria S'ani'!, tut 5 iron" into l-iis.n.fc.. op.'ntnv up a riuiiII ufftre in New York. II. plan to publish tMiiiniuOoiis of rrvnch books iu Ainiicti. .Nolv the p.tlUit oi OturU tiwiUu4 MIX Ut. Alfalfa lw one of the most pro inisin preen feed plants for Ore gon poultrymen, nays the experi ment station. Many poultrymen located on olls that nre heavy or sour apply pround limestone to Re cure a MiccesBful srowth of the al falfa. Fairly lontr-lived varieties are uRnd. as with the frequent early cutting tlt life of the plant is likt'ly to be shortened. The standard control for -the peach and prune root borer in Oregon is the paradichlorohennenc treatment recommended by the ex periment station. This material i:i a white crystalline compound which Is fold on the -market under various trade names. In which the word. paradi" Is usually used. This material Is applied In a r-nsr around the tree 2 inches from the trunk on the surface of the irround and Is then covered with dirt and iacked down. Krom one half to 1 ounce of "panidi" i used per tree accordinff to the affe of The tree. The dosage for trees six - m and older is one ounce. When the soil temperiture Is 55 depress for higher for a period of 10 (Ihvs, this mat trial volu.titi.s. the ens kilMnc th'' borers. Appli cations are made in .May or in the latter part of August. Potatoes In Oregon si tired in open bins provided with slatted floors are better taken care of the experiment slafion says. This al laws circulation of air up through the potatoes which coo! out b'-lter an do not have so much of a tendency to sprout. In sacks there s poorer circulation and Kener allv not such Rood keeping. In addition If any rot starts tlie sacks are spoiled to some cMent at least. 0 1 Tictures Taken With That Xmas Kodak l,-t us develop them for you. We promise the I test from each exposure. Red Cross Drug Store NKW YOKK, (AH)Nw Y'ork. cluinieiit of the title, of the largest (city In the world, the finanelal. and the economic center of the "country, can now lay claim to nn tother title the City without a ! Specific Holiday-." ' j For Father Kiiickerbocker. vilh I the passing: of his observance of 1 Ktlucation Hay, today celebrates no jannual birthday all his own. v ( With the rest of Ihe nation. ; New York observes national hoii day.s the Fourlh of July.' 1-abor I Hay. Armistice av, hristmas ; and New Years; but unlike the majority of great cities, the world j over, it has-no speciul annual ob servance to which . it devotes a special commemoration. I Host on ct lebrates its Hunker illill. I'hiladclphla lays exclusive r claim to the observance of lude 1 pentlence I ay. Mardi Oras be IfinRS exclusively to New Orleans. , Yleiyalion of t he great hicago J fire, started by Mrs. O' Henry's Mr.w. Is recognized annually in the I Windy City. San Frnncisco yearly tcommemorHtt s the tlate of the arlhuake of l!Ki5. Hut New York ha non1. Kvacuat ion I ay. com m. moral -ins 'he departure of HrltHl troops from Manhattan on November ZZ. ITS.';, after seven years and two months occupation of the city, and the marching Inlo the cily of Gen eral (ieorge Washington. b adlnc the Continental troojws. was the signal for st n t dantin iu tit is cily for sixty years. In Kurope. prjcllcally every J great city, and many of the sniall ier towns have their special annual I celebrations in recognition of his toric events characteristic of each. lyondon oltserves its Hank Holidays I land the birthdays of ita reigning nationally recognize throughout France., is cherished by Harts as IU own. Thus is it with virtually all Continental Cities. In 1&S5. the contennlal of the j departure of . the Hritish, the date 1 j wan revived w-ith a great demon-' ! st ration. i'resident Arthur, his ( (Cabinet and several former govern- j 'ors of the SUUe participated in the. igala demonstration. .,Hut sirce ; then, interest in observance of the j day baa died. j j' Isn't it a wonder Coolidge does- n't get tnad at Congres and say I something? ; . : 1 -New ohl Creeks Art l oiind In the Interior of Alaka' ANCHOKAGK. Alaska (AH Several - new 'p iy" creeks, skim med over when men w.-re seeking a repetition of the I awson days. have been discovered in the sea son just closed. ' Just how rich are some of the finds is a mystery, . for, aside f rom , instances where the tliscovert r wanta to iU tract capital to develop his ground every one Is keeping mum. 1'nlike the old times, when a hiilf-ilollar pan would start u stampede, the turning up lo medium-grade pay now aUrucis little attention. One discovery t'.iat is bring watched with kce.i interest is in the Fail view district. 7;'i miles west of the Alaska railroad. There Malt Hugger, ofter prospecting the region for five years, struck ground running from 5ft cents to $l.Gn u pan. 'I'he gold was disclosed at a depth" of 14 fett. On I'itss creek, values running to $ I.Sa a yard were uncovered, and approximately the same values were found on Cottonwood creek. Another dist rict, where for 'H years operations have been con ducted, irf the Valdez creek region, where last summer pay running $3 10 the pan was found by "Smiling Ole." A mild stampede followed. It is predicted that Several new districts will be brought into pn ductibn next summer and placer mining reinstated as the chief in dustry of interior Alaska. . Love's blind. Thai's why they park by the side of the road. They can't see how to drive the car. . Many women in Danish restau rants in Copenhagen smoke clears. Infants' and Children's Shoes l.ow emir, ami i,o.(i vi:.mi COATS - 1 1 ATS . CAI-s - MOCKINos IValll IoIns. bi: 2 lo 10 nt Sjilr lVicr S1...( to S..IMI. No eviliMii'.'i' ir nriinil- at lln.-o priivs. Kiulur mhifs $:;.(I0 In SI 2.00. Norton's Kiddy Shop Exerllilng- In lafanu' and Clillilrpn'a Uvar taaaMaMMaaamS aaaMaaaMZaSZaiiSllTlirru " '-'''aaaS'a! I Firestoiie I The Start Isn't Hard BUT KEEPING AT TOUn 8AVINUS AC COUNT 13 WHAT COOTS. . . . IS TOl'HS OROWINQ nEGULARLT EVERT WEEK? La Grande National Bank Bound Rellabla ProrraalT "Most Miles Per Dollar" In These Days of High Priced Tires Come To Us COMPARE THESE PRICES. Oldficld Quality. t . . QUALITY WITH ECONOMY C0x3 FABRIC . : $8.00 30x3' FABRIC L $ 9.03 30x3U Cord ;.S1093 31x4 CORDSS 518.00 32x1 CORDSS 519.20 33 x 4 CORD SS ,. 520.20 PERKINS MOTOR COMPANY tl Coiner 4lh and Adams. Phone M-500
