Monday, Decanter 2S, 1925.
Page Four
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
t JiiMmnbc jEfrntmg Observer
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FRANK B. APPLEBY-
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HABVEZ F. MATTHEWS-.
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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
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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?
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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
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tl
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Phone M-500